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STATE  OF  WYOMING 


In  Force  April  I,   1911 


COMPILED  BY 

ROSE  A.  BIRD, 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION, 
CHEYENNE,  WYOMING. 


I.AKAMII  ,  WYOMING 

THE  LARAMIE  REPUBLICAN  COMPANY 

PRINTERS  AND  BINDERS 

1911 


School*  Laws  of  Wyoming 

Shall  Have  Free  Access  to  State  Offices — For  What  Purpose. 

Sec.  83.  The  governor  shall  have  free  access  to  the  office 
of  any  state  officer  for  the  inspection  and  examination  of  all 
books,  papers,  records  and  proceedings.  [S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch. 
95,  Sec.  5.] 

May  Require  Reports  to  Be  Made  to  Him — When. 

Sec.  84.  The  governor,  or  either  house  of  the  legislature, 
may,  when  in  the  opinion  of  either  of  them,  the  public  interest 
demands  the  same,  require  any  state  officer,  commission  or 
board  of  a  state  institution,  to  communicate  in  writing  any 
information  concerning  any  subject  pertaining  to  such  office, 
commission  or  board,  as  the  case  may  be.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch. 
5.  Sec.  2.] 

Custodian  of  Bonds. 

Sec.  106.  The  secretary  of  state  shall  be  the  custodian  of 
all  bonds  of  state  officers,  excepting  his  own.  If  at  any  time 
the  sureties  or  any  of  them  upon  any  official  bond  shall  die, 
remove  from  this  state,  become  insolvent  or  from  any  other 
cause  cease  to  possess  the  qualifications  required  by  law,  the 
secretary  of  state  shall  require  the  officer  giving  such  bond 
to  give  a  new  bond  with  such  sureties  as  are  required  by  law. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1687.] 

Investment  of  Land  Funds. 

Sec.  125.  All  permanent  funds  arising  from  the  sale  of 
state  lands  and  any  permanent  addition  thereto,  may,  and 
whenever  practicable,  shall  be  invested  by  the  treasurer  of 
the  state,  with  the  approval  of  the  governor  and  attorney  gen- 
eral, in  bonds  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  state  of  Wyoming, 
or  in  bonds  issued  by  school  districts  within  the  state  or  reg- 
istered coupon  county  bonds  of  the  state  or  registered  coupon 
municipal  bonds,  issued  by  any  corporate  city  or  town  in  the 
state  of  Wyoming,  or  interest  bearing  warrants  of  this  state. 
The  interest  only  shall  be  used  for  the  purpose  for  which  the 
grant  of  lands  was  made.  Provided,  That  all  funds  belonging 
to  the  state  for  public  school  purposes,  the  interest  and  income 
of  which  only  are  to  be 'used,  shall  be  invested  only  in  bonds 
issued  by  school  districts  or  registered  county  bonds  of  the 

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state  or  state  securities  of  this  state  or  of  the  United  States. 
[S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  1.] 

How  Invested. 

Sec.  126.  Whenever  in  pursuance  of  any  law  of  the  state,, 
authorizing  such  investment,  the  state  treasurer  shall  propose 
to  invest  any  of  the  permanent  state  land  funds  in  bonds  of 
any  school  district  in  the  state,  or  registered  bonds  of  any 
county  in  this  state,  he  shall  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized, 
if  in  his  judgment  it  shall  be  desirable  or  necessary  to  do  so, 
to  offer  and  pay  for  any  such  bonds  out  of  any  such  permanent 
funds,  a  premium  for  the  same  in  such  reasonable  amount  as 
shall  be  deemed  proper  and  necessary  to  secure  such  bonds. 
Provided,  That  the  treasurer  shall  not  pay  for  any  such  bond 
a  price  in  excess  of  their  market  value  at  the  time  of  purchase. 
Such  premium  so  paid  to  be  thereafter  returned  to  the 
permanent  fund  from  which  it  shall  have  been  taken  out  of 
the  first  interest  moneys  received  on  such  bonds,  until  the 
permanent  fund  is  entirely  reimbursed  for  the  amount  of  the 
premium  so  paid.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  67.] 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

General  Duties. 

Sec.  133.  The  duties  of  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion shall  be  as  follows:  He  shall  file  all  papers,  reports  and 
public  documents  transmitted  to  him  by  the  school  officers  of 
the  several  counties,  each  year,  separately,  and  hold  the  same 
in  readiness  to  be  exhibited  to  the  governor,  or  to  any  com- 
mittees of  either  house  of  the  legislature,  and  shall  keep  a  fair 
record  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  business  of  his  office. 
He  shall  have  a  general  supervision  of  all  the  district  schools 
of  the  state,  and  shall  see  that  the  school  system  is,  as  early 
as  practicable,  put  into  uniform  operation.  He  shall  prepare 
and  have  printed  suitable  forms  for  all  reports  required  by 
law  and  shall  transmit  the  same,  with  such  instructions  in 
reference  to  the  course  of  studies  as  he  may  judge  advisable, 
to  the  several  officers  entrusted  with  their  management  and 
care.  He  shall  make  all  further  rules  and  regulations  that 
may  be  necessary  to  carry  the  law  into  full  effect,  according- 
to  its  spirit  and  intent,  which  shall  have  the  same  force  and 
effect  as  though  contained  herein.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3906.] 

Disposition  of  Donated  Books,  Maps,  and  School  Apparatus, 

Sec.  134.  One  copy  of  all  books,  maps,  charts  or  school 
apparatus,  which  .may  be  received  by  the  superintendent  of 
public  instruction  from  publishers,  inventors  or  manufacturers,. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  5 

.shall  be  placed  by  him  in  the  public  library  of  this  state.     [R. 
S.  1887,  Sec.  3907.] 

Distribution  of  School  Funds. 

Sec.  135.  On  or  before  the  31st  day  of  March  in  every 
year,  if  there  shall  be  any  money  to  the  credit  of  the  inxionie 
fund,  for  the  use  of  public  schools,  in  the  state  treasury, 
including  the  rents  of  the  unsold  school  lands,  the  state  su- 
perintendent of  public  instruction  shall  distribute  such  income 
among  the  several  counties  of  the  state  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  children  of  school  age  in  each,  the  same  to  be  determined 
by  reference  to  the  last  preceding  annual  reports  furnished 
to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  by  the  several 
county  superintendents  of  schools.  Such  moneys  so  distributed 
shall  be  paid  to  the  county  treasurer  of  each  county  by  the 
state  treasurer,  upon  the  requisition  to  that  effect  by  the  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction,  which  said  requisition 
shall  state  the  county  entitled  thereto,  together  with  the 
amount,  and  the  fund  out  of  which  it  is  to  be  paid ;  and  the 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  at  the  same  time 
notify  each  superintendent  of  schools  that  such  distribution  has 
been  made;  such  requisition  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  war- 
rant of  the  auditor  upon  the  treasurer  covering  the  amount 
of  the  requisition  in  each  case,  and  the  superintendent  of  pub- 
lie  instruction  shall  file  such  requisition  with  the  auditor  and 
a  copy  of  the  same  with  the  treasurer.  Upon  such  distribution 
being  made  and  said  money  being  paid  to  the  respective  county 
treasurers,  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  in  each  county 
shall  cause  such  money  to  be  distributed  among  the  several 
school  districts  in  the  county  pro  rata  in  the  same  manner  and 
in  the  same  proportion  as  the  regular  county  school  tax  is  re- 
quired by  law  to  be  distributed.  Provided,  however,  That  any 
hnv  with  reference  to  the  distribution  of-  the  county  school 
tax  which  provides  for  a  certain  amount  to  be  paid  to  each 
school  district  before  the  pro  rata  distribution  of  the  balance 
is  made  shall  not  apply  in  the  case  of  the  distribution  of  said 
moneys;  Provided,  further,  That  no  apportionment  from  said 
state  fund  shall  be  made  to  any  school  district  for  a  year  in 
which  a  school  has  not  been  maintained  therein  for  at  least 
three  months.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  53,  Sec.  1;  R.  S.  1899,  Sec.  93.] 

Salaries— Shall  Deposit  Fees. 

Sec.  136.  Until  otherwise  provided  by  law,  the  governor 
shall  receive  an  annual  salary  of  four  thousand  dollars ;  the 
secretary  of  state,  state  auditor,  state  treasurer,  and  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction,  shall  each  receive  an  annual 
salary  of  three  thousand  dollars;  and  the  salaries  of  any  of 
said  officers  shall  not  be  increased  or  diminished  during  the 


6  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

period  for  which  they  were  elected,  and  all  fees  and  profits 
arising  from  any  of  said  offices  shall  be  covered  into  the  state 
treasury.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  54,  Sec.  1.] 

Shall  Reside  at  Seat  of  Government. 

Sec.  137.  All  officers  hereafter  elected  to  the  offices  men- 
tioned in  Section  136  shall  reside  at  the  seat  of  government,  and 
shall  keep  their  offices  at  the  state  capitol.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch. 
54,  Sec.  2.] 

Attorney  General  Legal  Adviser, 

Sec.  145.  The  attorney  general  shall  prosecute  and  de- 
fend all  suits  that  may  be  instituted  by  or  against  the  state 
of  Wyoming,  the  prosecution  and  defense  of  which  is  not  other- 
wise provided  for  by  law,  and  he  shall  represent  the  state  in 
all  criminal  cases  in  the  supreme  court,  and  shall  defend  all 
suits  brought  against  the  state  officers  in  their  official  relations,, 
except  suits  brought  against  them  by  the  state.  He  shall  be 
required  to  attend  to  the  interests  of  the  state  in  all  suitsr 
actions  or  claims  in  which  the  state  is  or  may  become  interested 
in  either  the  supreme  court  of  the  state,  or  in  any  of  the 
United  States  courts.  He  shall  be  the  legal  adviser  of  all 
elective  and  appointive  state  officers,  and  of  the  prosecuting 
attorneys  of  the  several  counties  of  the  state,  and  shall,  when 
requested,  give  written  opinions  upon  questions  submitted  to- 
him  by  such  officers,  and  by  either  branch  of  the  legislature, 
when  in  session.  He  shall  also,  within  thirty  days  next  pre- 
ceding the  meeting  of  the  legislature,  make  a  report  to  the 
governor  of  the  condition  of  affairs  of  his  department,  and  in 
said  report  make  such  suggestions  as  shall  appear  to  him  cal- 
culated to  improve  the  laws  of  the  state,  and  shall  communicate 
to  the  governor  or  either  house  of  the  legislature,  whenever 
requested,  any  information  concerning  his  office.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  attorney  general  to  pay  over  to  the  state 
treasurer  all  funds  that  may  come  into  his  hands  by  reason 
of  the  duties  of  his  office.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  22,  Sec.  5.] 

Limitation  of  Expense. 

Sec.  249.  No  state  officer  shall  be  authorized  to  create 
any  expense  of  any  kind  or  character  as  a  charge  against  the 
state  in  excess  of  the  amount  expressly  provided  for  his  use 
as  a  contingent  fund.  Any  officer  creating  an  expense  in  ex- 
cess of  such  amount  shall  be  responsible  for  such  expenditure 
under  his  official  bond;  Provided,  further,  That  the  various 
contingents  must  be  made  to  cover  the  full  period  of  two  years 
for  which  they  are  appropriated,  and  that  any  outgoing  officer 
who  shall  not,  when  his  term  of  office  expires,  have  on  hand 
the  full  sum  of  one-eighth  of  his  entire  contingent,  to  cover 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  7 

the  period  to  the  first  day  of  the  following  April,  shall  be 
considered  delinquent,  and  shall  be  held  responsible  as  above 
provided.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  35,  Sec.  3.] 

Penalty. 

Sec.  250.  Any  person  or  persons,  or  board,  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section,  shall, 
upon  conviction  thereof,  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  to  exceed  two  hundred  dollars. 
[S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  35,  Sec.  5.] 

Receipts  to  Be  Attached  to  Vouchers. 

Sec.  251.  When  an  appropriation  is  made  by  law  as  a 
contingent  fund  for  any  office  or  officer,  or  board,  or  for  any 
other  purpose,  to  be  expended  for  the  state,  the«officer  or  board 
having  charge  of  such  fund  shall  keep  an  account  therewith, 
showing  when,  to  whom,  and  for  what  purpose  any  portion 
of  said  fund  has  been  expended;  which  account  shall  always 
be  open  for  public  inspection ;  and  every  officer  or  person 
presenting  any  voucher  to  any  board  for  allowance,  or  to  the 
auditor  for  payment,  shall  have  fixed  thereunto  receipts  for 
all  moneys  expended;  and  any  and  all  claims  failing  to  comply 
with  this  provision  shall  be  rejected  by  the  auditor,  or  any 
of  said  boards  to  which  such  claims  shall  be  presented ;  if  any 
officer  or  person  shall  make  or  present  any  voucher  for  a 
greater  sum  of  money  than  was  actually  paid  or  expended  for 
the  purpose  stated  or  indicated  in  or  by  such  voucher,  he 
shall  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  deemed  guilty  of  embezzle- 
ment of  the  amount  so  falsely  included  in  such  voucher  in 
the  excess  actually  paid  or  expended,  and  shall  be  imprisoned 
in  the  penitentiary  not  less  than  five  years.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch. 
.T>.  Sec.  4.1 

Contingent  Fund. 

Sec.  252.  AYliriiever  an  appropriation  is  made  as  a  con- 
tingent fund  for  the  use  of  any  state  office,  officer,  board  or 
commission  to  be  expended  for  the  state,  the  officer,  board, 
com  mission  or  other  agency  having  charge  of  such  fund  shall 
keep  an  accurate  account  thereof  showing  when  and  to  whom 
and  for  what  purpose  any  portion  of  said  fund  has  been 
expended  and  when  such  expenditure  is  made  as  an  incident 
to  travel  on  business  of  the  state,  a  statement  as  to  the  nature 
and  purpose  of  such  travel,  which  account  shall  always  be  open 
for  public  inspection.  Every  such  officer,  board,  commission 
or  other  agency  having  charge  of  such  fund  shall  file  with 
the  secretary  of  state  not  later  than  the  30th  day  of  November 
in  even  numbered  years,  a  certified  transcript  of  all  items  and 
explanations  appearing  upon  the  original  expense  vouchers 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

theretofore  filed  with  the  state  auditor  for  payment,  all  of 
which  shall  be  reconciled  with  the  account  of  the  state  auditor 
at  the  close  of  business  upon  the  date  mentioned.  [S.  L.  1909, 
Ch.  125,  Sec.  1.] 

Publication  of  Accounts. 

Sec.  253.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  state  to 
compile  and  publish  in  pamphlet  form  as  a  public  document, 
all  certified  transcripts  of  accounts  filed  in  his  office  pursuant 
to  Section  252  for  general  distribution  and  to  deliver  a  copy 
thereof  to  each  member  of  the  legislature  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  the  next  succeeding  session.  The  cost  of  such 
publication  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  fund  appropriated  for 
legislative  printing,  the  number  of  copies  not  to  exceed  three 
hundred.  [S.  B.  1909,  Ch.  125,  Sec.  2.] 

Penalty. 

Sec.  254.  Any  state  officer,  or  any  member  of  any  state 
board  or  commission  who  shall  fail  to  comply  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  two  preceding  sections,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  125,  Sec.  3.] 

Fiscal  Officers  to  Balance  Accounts. 

Sec.  260.  All  fiscal  officers  of  the  state  shall  balance  their 
respective  accounts  at  noon  on  the  31st  day  of  March,  and  at 
noon  on  the  30th  day  of  September  in  each  year.  [S.  L.  1888, 
Ch.  54,  Sec.  1.] 

Annual  Fiscal  Reports  to  Governor. 

Sec.  261.  On  or  before  the  1st  day  of  November,  annu- 
ally, each  fiscal  officer  of  the  state  shall  report  in  writing,  to 
the  governor,  the  condition  of  his  department,  as  required  by 
laAV,  covering  the  period  since  the  last  report,  and  up  to  and  in- 
cluding the  30th  day  of  September.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  54,  Sec.  3.] 

Biennial  Reports  of  State  Officers. 

Sec.  262.  Biennially,  on  or  before  the  1st  day  of  Novem- 
ber, immediately  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  legislature, 
each  and  every  state  officer  (except  those  mentioned  in  the  last 
preceding  section),  and  each  and  every  commission  or  board  of 
a  state  institution,  shall  report  in  writing  to  the  governor  of  the 
state,  the  condition  of  his  department,  or  its  institution,  cov- 
ering the  period  of  two  years  preceding  and  up  to  and  includ- 
ing the  30th  day  of  September  immediately  preceding  the  fil- 
ing of  such  report.  The  reports  thus  required  to  be  filed  shall 
be  in  triplicate,  one  copy  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  gov- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  9 

•ernor,  one  copy  for  the  use  of  the  senate,  and  one  copy  for  the 
use  of  the  house  of  representatives.     [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  5,  Sec.  1.] 

Annual  Salary  Only  Compensation. 

Sec.  263.  The  officers  of  all  state  institutions  shall  each  be 
paid  an  annual  salary,  to  be  fixed  by  law,  and  they  shall  re- 
ceive no  other  compensation,  perquisite  or  allowance  what- 
ever. [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  79,  Sec.  2.] 

State  Officers  to  Be  Paid  Monthly. 

Sec.  264.  Each  state  officer  shall  be  paid  his  salary  or 
compensation  allowed  by  the  constitution  of  this  state  or  by 
law,  in  monthly  installments,  and  the  salary  of  each  officer 
for  each  month  shall  become  due  and  payable  on  the  last  day 
of  each  month  upon  the  presentation  of  his  account  for  the 
salary  or  compensation  for  such  month,  duly  verified  as  pre- 
scribed by  law.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  18,  Sec.  1.] 

Qualifications  of  Sureties. 

Sec.  265.  Each  surety,  when  he  shall  sign  an  official 
bond,  shall  make  affidavit  that  he  is  a  resident  of  this  state; 
that  he  is  worth  the  amount  to  be  secured  by  such  bond,  over 
and  above  all'  debts,  liabilities  and  exemptions,  and  that  the 
property  named  in  such  bond  is  situated  in  this  state,  which 
.affidavit  shall  be  attached  to  the  bond  and  be  sworn  to  before 
any  officer  authorized  by  law  to  administer  oaths;  Provided, 
That  any  surety  upon  .any  official  bond,  who  shall  wilfully, 
falsely  and  corruptly  make  affidavit  as  to  any  of  the  qualifica- 
tions required  of  him,  as  such,  shall  be  guilty  of  perjury,  and 
upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  imprisoned  in  the  penitentiary 
of  the  state  of  "VVvoming  for  a  term  of  not  exceeding  ten  years. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1688.] 

Bonds  to  Be  Given  Before  Entering  Upon  Duties. 

Sec.  266.  No  auditor  or  treasurer  shall  enter  upon  the 
•duties  of  his  office  until  he  shall  have  given  bonds,  as  herein- 
before specified.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1690.] 

Inventory  of  State  Property. 

Sec.  268.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  .each  state  officer 
other  than  the  state  examiner,  and  each  state  board  to  furnish 
to  the  state  examiner  in  the  month  of  April  of  each  year  an 
exact  and  true  inventory  of  all  chattel  property  belonging  to 
the  state  in  his,  her  or  its  possession  or  under  his,  her  or  its 
control  on  the  31st  day  of  March  of  each  year,  which  inven- 
tory so  furnished  shall  give  a  description  of  the  property,  con- 
dition, for  what  purpose  used,  where  situated  and  its  cost. 
Such  inventory  to  account  for  all  property  coming  into  his, 


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her  or  its  possession  since  the  report  last  made  as  required  by 
this  section.     [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  62,  Sec.  2.] 

Deputies. 

Sec.  269.  The  secretary  of  state,  the  state  auditor,  state 
treasurer,  and  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  or 
each  of  them,  may  appoint  a  deputy  to  perform  the  duties 
of  their  respective  offices,  such  state  officers  being  responsible 
to  the  state  for  the  acts  of  such  deputies  appertaining  to  such 
office.  The  board  of  charities  and  reform,  the  state  board  of 
equalization,  and  every  other  board  composed  of  any  or  all  of 
the  state  officers  shall  choose  from  among  the  deputies  of  the 
several  state  officers,  a  person  to  be  clerk  of  such  board,  and 
any  such  deputy  so  chosen  shall  not  receive  any  other  or  further 
compensation  as  clerk  'of  any  such  board ;  his  salary  as  deputy, 
as  by  law  provided  being  in  full  for  all  services.*  The  same 
person  shall  not  be  chosen  as  clerk  of  any  two  of  the  following 
boards,  to-wit :  Board  of  charities  and  reform  and  board  of 
equalization.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  35,  Sec.  1.] 

Salaries  of  Deputies. 

Sec.  270.  Such  deputies  shall  each  receive  a  salary  of 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  per  month  and  no  other 
compensationf  for  any  service  rendered  by  them  to  the  state ; 
said  salary  to  be  payable  monthly,  commencing  on  the  1st 
day  of  April,  A.  D.  1899.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  35,  Sec.  2.] 

Shall  Appoint  Clerks  of  Boards — Compensation. 

Sec.  271.  Whenever  pursuant  to  law,  the  state  board  of 
charities  and  reform  shall  appoint  one  of  the  regularly  ap- 
pointed and  qualified  deputies  of  state  officers  to  act  as  clerk 
of  said  board,  and  whenever  pursuant  to  law,  the  state  board 
of  equalization  shall  appoint  one  of  the  regularly  appointed  and 
qualified  deputies  of  state  officers  to  act  as  clerk  of  said  board, 
in  such  case  the  deputy  so  chosen  to  act  in  said  capacity  shall 
receive  such  salary  as  may  be  determined  upon  by  the  board 
making  the  appointment,  no.t  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars 
per  annum,  payable  in  equal  monthly  installments,  in  addition 
to  his  salary  as  a  deputy  state  officer,  as  provided  by  law, 
which  said  salary  as  clerk  shall  be  approved  and  paid  from  the 
funds  at  the  disposal  of  said  boards  for  contingent  expenses  in 
the  same  manner  that  other  accounts  coming  under  the  juris- 
diction of  said  boards  are  approved  and  paid ;  Provided,  That 
no  deputy  state  officer  shall  be  eligible  for  appointment  to  both 
clerkships  referred  to  in  this  section.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  74, 
Sec.  1.] 

*See  Ch.  74,  S.  L.  1909. 

fS.  L.  1909,  Ch.  74,  and  S.  L.  1911  state  exceptions. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  1 1 

Restriction  Upon  Public  Officers  in  Contracting. 

Sec.  280.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person,  now  or 
hereafter  holding  any  office,  either  by  election  or  appoint- 
ment, under  the  constitution  and  laws  of  this  state,  to  become 
in  any  manner  interested,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  in  his 
own  name  or  in  the  name  of  any  other  person  or  corporation, 
in  any  contract,  or  the  performance  of  any  work  in  the  mak- 
ing or  letting  of  which  such  officer  may  be  called  upon  to  act 
or  vote.  And  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  such  officer  to  rep- 
resent, either  as  agent  or  otherwise,  any  person,  company  or 
corporation,  in  respect  of  any  application  or  bid  for  any  con- 
tract or  work  in  regard  to  which  such  officer  may  be  called 
upon  to  vote.  Nor  shall  any  such  officer  take  or  receive,  or 
offer  to  take  or  receive,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  any 
money  or  other  thing  of  value,  as  a  gift  or  bribe,  or  means  of 
influencing  his  vote  or  action  in  his  official  character;  and 
any  and  all  contracts  made  and  procured  in  violation  hereof, 
shall  be  null  and  void.  [S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  25.] 

Treasurers'  Bonds — Condition. 

Sec.  281.  The  state  treasurer  and  the  treasurer  of  each 
county,  city,  town,  school  district,  and  any  other  public  officer 
having  the  custody  of  moneys,  shall  be  required  to  furnish  a 
bond  in  the  amount  required  by  law,  which  bond  shall  be  con- 
ditioned that  he  shall  faithfully  perform  all  of  the  duties  of 
his  office  as  prescribed  by  law,  and  that  he  will  safely  keep  all 
moneys  which  may  come  into  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  office, 
that  he  will  promptly  pay  over  to  the  person  or  persons  legally 
authorized  to  receive  the  same  all  such  moneys  in  the  manner 
provided  by  law,  and  that  he  will  deliver  over  to  his  successor 
in  office  all  moneys  held  by  him  as  such  officer.  Each  of  the 
said  officers,  and  his  bondsmen  and  sureties  respectively,  shall 
be  responsible  for  the  safe  keeping  and  paying  over  according 
to  law  of  all  funds  which  shall  come  into  his  hands  by  virtue 
of  his  office.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  94,  Sec.  1.] 

Who  May  Be  Sureties. 

Sec.  282.  The  sureties  and  bondsmen  on  such  official 
bonds  shall  be  residents  of  the  state  of  Wyoming,  who  shall 
duly  qualify  to  own  property  in  the  state  amounting  in  the  ag- 
gregate to  double  the  amount  of  the  bond  upon  which  they  be- 
come sureties.  Provided,  however,  That  any  surety  or  guar- 
anty company,  duly  qualified  to  act  as  surety  or  guarantor  in 
this  state  upon  executing  such  bonds,  shall  be  accepted  in  lieu 
of  such  sureties.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  94,  Sec.  2.] 


12  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

Premium  Payable — How. 

Sec.  283.  When  the  bond  of  the  state  treasurer  or  of  the 
treasurer  of  any  county,  city,  town  or  school  district  in  this 
state  shall  be  furnished  by  a  guaranty  or  surety  company, 
the  premiums  due  such  company  for  furnishing  such  bond  shall 
be  paid  out  of  the  public  funds  of  said  state,  county,  city,  town, 
or  school  district,  respectively;  and  there  is  hereby  appro- 
priated the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  or  so  much 
thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  as  a  special  contingent  fund  for 
the  purpose  of  paying  the  premium  upon  the  bond  of  the  state 
treasurer.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  94,  Sec.  3.] 

Condition  of  Bond. 

Sec.  284.  All  bonds  required  by  Sections  281,  282  and  283 
may  be  conditioned  as  follows : 

"Whereas,  The  above  bounden was 

to  the  office  of 

on  the day  of ,  A.  D 

"Now,  therefore,  the  conditions  of  this  obligation  are  such 

that  if  the  said  bounden 

and  his  deputies  shall  well  and  truly  perform  all  the  duties 

of  his  said  office  of as  is  or  may 

be  prescribed  by  law  and  shall  with  all  reasonable  skill,  dili- 
gence, good  faith  and  honesty  safely  keep  and  be  responsible 
for  all  funds  coming  into  the  hands  of  such  officer  by  virtue 
of  his  office ;  and  pay  over  without  delay  to  the  person  or 
persons  authorized  by  law  to  receive  the  same,  all  moneys 
which  may  come  into  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  said  office; 
and  shall  well  and  truly  deliver  to  his  successor  in  office,  or 
such  other  person  or  persons  as  are  authorized  -by  law  to  receive 
the  same,  all  moneys,  books,  papers  and  things  of  every  kind 
and  nature  held  by  him  as  such  officer,  the  above  obligation 
to  be  void;  otherwise  to  remain  in  full  force  and  effect."  [S. 
L.  1899,  Ch.  94,  Sec.  4.] 

Sureties  on  Official  Bonds — How  Released. 

Sec.  285.  Any  surety  upon  the  bond  of  any  state,  county 
or  municipal  officer  shall  be  released  from  further  liability  of 
such  surety  for  such  officer,  by  filing  with  the  person  or  per- 
sons having  authority  to  approve  said  bond,  or  with  whom  said 
bond  is  directed  to  be  filed,  a  notice  that  said  surety  is  unwill- 
ing longer  to  be  security  for  such  state,  county  or  municipal 
officer.  When  any  notice  shall  be  filed  as  aforesaid,  notice 
thereof  shall  immediately  be  given  to  such  state,  county  or 
municipal  officer,  who  shall  thereupon  file  within  fifteen  days 
another  security  to  be  approved  as  provided  by  law.  If  said 
state,  county  or  municipal  officer  shall  not  in  the  manner  afore- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  13 

said  file  such  bond  to  be  approved  as  aforesaid,  the  said  office 
shall  become  vacant  and  the  said  vacancy  shall  be  filled  in 
manner  as  is  now  provided  by  law.  Jf  a  new  bond  shall  be 
given  by  any  officer,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  then  the  former 
surety  or  sureties  shall  be  entirely  released  and  discharged 
from  all  liability  incurred  by  such  officer  after  the  time  of  the 
approval  of  said  new  bond,  and  the  sureties  to  the  new  bond 
shall  henceforth  be  liable  as  therein  provided,  after  the  ap- 
proval of  said  new  bond  as  aforesaid.  The  officer,  officers, 
board  or  official  body  where  or  with  whom  said  original  bond 
was  filed  shall  have  power  to  declare  any  office  or  offices 
vacant  as  hereinbefore  provided;  Provided,  That  no  surety 
shall  be  released  from  further  responsibility  until  the  office 
shall  be  declared  vacant  or  a  new  bond  approved  by  the  proper 
authority.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  9,  Sec.  1.] 

Court  Officers  May  Give  Surety  Bonds — When — Expense. 

Sec.  286.  Any  receiver,  assignee,  guardian,  trustee,  com- 
mittee, executor,  administrator  or  curator  or  other  fiduciary 
required  by  law  or  the  order  of  any  court  or  judge  to  give  a 
bond  or  other  obligation  as  such,  may  include  as  a  part  of 
the  lawful  expense  of  executing  his  trust,  such  reasonable  sum 
paid  a  company  authorized  under  the  laws  of  this  state  so  to 
do,  for  becoming  his  surety  on  such  bond,  as  may  be  allowed 
by  the  court  in  which,  or  a  judge  before  whom  he  is  required  to 
account,  on  bonds  of  one  thousand  dollars  or  more,  not  exceed- 
ing one-half  of  one  per  cent,  per  annum ;  on  bonds  of  less 
than  one  thousand  dollars,  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  five  dollars. 
[S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  9,  Sec.  2.] 

Official  Bonds  in  Surety  Company — Expense. 

Sec.  287.  Any  state,  county,  municipal  or  district  officer 
required  by  law  or  the  order  of  any  state,  county  or  municipal 
council,  board  or  organization  to  give  a  bond  or  other  obliga- 
tion as  such,  may  include  as  a  part  of  the  lawful  expense  of 
executing  and  performing  the  duties  of  his  office,  such  reason- 
able sum  paid  a  company  authorized  under  the  laws  of  this 
state  so  to  do,  for  becoming  his  surety  on  such  bond  or  obli- 
gation, and  may  pay  such  sum  or  expense  from  any  contingent 
or  other  fund  furnished  by  the  state,  county,  or  municipality 
or  organization  for  the  payment  of  the  lawful  expenses  of  said 
officer,  or  may  upon  proper  presentation  of  a  claim  for  such 
sum  or  expense,  have  the  same  paid  by  any  such  state,  county 
or  municipal  council,  board  or  organization  that  ordered  and 
directed  the  said  bond  or  obligation  to  be  furnished;  Pro- 
vided, That  the  cost  of  bonds  and  obligations  of  all  state, 
county,  municipal  or  other  public  officers  shall  not  exceed  the 


14  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

sum  of  one-half  of  one  per  cent,  per  annum  on  the  amount  of 
such  bond  or  obligation.     [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  9,  Sec.  3.] 

Limitation  on  Expense  of  Bond. 

Sec.  288.  In  all  actions  and  proceedings  wherein  the 
parties  thereto  have  furnished  any  bond,  recognizance,  un- 
dertaking, stipulation  or  other  obligation,  paying  therefor  to 
any  company  so  authorized  to  do,  a  premium  for  such  bond 
or  obligation,  such  party,  if  entitled  to  recover  costs  in  said 
action,  shall  be  allowed  and-  may  tax  and  recover  such  sum 
paid  such  company  for  executing  any  bond,  recognizance,  un- 
dertaking, stipulation  or  other  obligation  therein  not  exceed- 
ing, however,  one-half  of  one  per  cent,  on  the 'amount  of  such 
bond,  recognizance,  undertaking,  stipulation  or  other  obliga- 
tion on  bonds  of  one  thousand  dollars  or  more  during  each  year 
the  same  has  been  in  force ;  on  bonds  less  than  one  thousand 
dollars,  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  five  dollars.  [S.  L.  "1899,  Ch. 
9,  Sec.  4.] 

Board  of  Trustees. 

Sec.  413.  The  government  of  the  university  shall  vest 
in  a  board  of  nine  trustees  to  be  appointed  by  the  governor, 
three,  and  only  three,  of  whom  shall  at  all  times  be  residents 
of  the  county  of  Albany,  together  with  the  president  of  the 
university  and  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction, 
as  members  ex  officio,  as  such  having  the  right  to  speak,  but 
not  to  vote.  [S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  75,  Sec.  3.] 

Board — Who  Members. 

Sec.  436.  The  governor,  the  secretary  of  state,  the  state 
treasurer,  the  state  auditor  and  the  state  superintendent  of 
public  instruction  shall  constitute  and  shall  hereafter  be  known 
as  the  state  board  of  charities  and  reform.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch. 
34,  Sec.  1.] 

Secretary  of  Board. 

Sec.  443.  The  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall 
be  secretary  of  the  board,  and  shall  keep  a  careful  record  of 
the  transactions  of  the  board  in  a  substantial  and  bound  book, 
to  be  kept  for  that  purpose,  and  which  shall  be  known  as  the 
records  and  proceedings  of  the  state  board  of  charities  and 
reform;  he  shall  countersign  all  papers,  instruments,  or  docu- 
ments approved,  made,  or  directed  by  the  board ;  he  shall  also, 
for  the  board  and  under  its  direction,  make  a  biennial  report 
to  the  governor,  during  the  month  of  December  in  each  even 
numbered  year,  showing  clearly  and  succinctly  the  condition  of 
all  institutions  under  the  control  or  supervision  of  said  board, 
whether  general  or  direct,  giving  the  number  of  inmates 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  15 

therein,  their  ages,  sex,  condition,  religious  belief,  conduct,  and 
all  other  matters  pertaining  thereto,  and  such  report  shall  also 
contain  such  recommendations  as  the  board  may  see  fit  to  make 
to  the  governor,  or  the  legislature,  as  shall  tend  to  ameliorate 
the  condition  of  the  inmates  of  such  institutions,  that  may 
tend  to  prevent  crime,  and  as  the  claims  of  humanity  and  the 
public  good  may  require.  [S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  5,  Sec.  1.] 

School  Land  Board. 

Sec.  602.  The  governor,  secretary  of  state,  state  treas- 
urer and  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  being  consti- 
tuted a  board  of  land  commissioners  by  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion thirteen,  article  seven,  of  the  constitution  of  the  state, 
they  shall,  as  such  board,  have  the  direction,  control,  lease  and 
disposal  of  all  lands  heretofore  or  hereafter  granted  to  the 
state  for  the  support  and  benefit  of  public  schools.  Said  board 
shall  be  officially  known  and  designated  as  "the  state  board  of 
school  land  commissioners,"  and  shall  have  power  and  au- 
thority to  take  such  official  action,  as  may  be  at  any  time  neces- 
sary, in  making  the  selection  of  lands  granted  to  the  state  for 
public  school  purposes,  or  to  secure  to  the  state  the  transfer 
and  title  of  any  such  lands.  [S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  78,  Sec.  1.] 

GENERAL  PROVISIONS  RELATING  TO  COUNTIES. 

Classification  of  Counties. 

Sec.  1070.  For  the  purpose  of  fixing  the  compensation  to 
be  paid  to  and  the  fees  to  be  charged  by  county  and  precinct 
officers,  the  counties  of  the  state  are  classified  as  follows : 

1.  Counties  having  an  assessed  valuation  of  more  than 
twelve  million  dollars  shall  be  counties  of  the  first  class. 

2.  Counties  having  an  assessed  valuation  of  more  than 
six  million  dollars  and  not  exceeding  twelve  million  dollars 
shall  be  counties  of  the  second  class. 

3.  Counties  having  an  assessed  valuation  of  six  million 
dollars,  or  less,  shall  be  counties  of  the  third  class.     [S.  L.  1911, 
Ch.  38,  Sec.  L] 

Offices  to  be  at  County  Seat — Records  Public. 

Sec.  1134.  In  counties  of  the  first,  second  and  third  classes 
the  clerk,  sheriff  and  treasurer  shall,  without  expense  to  such 
officers,  be  furnished  with  offices  in  the  court  house,  or  building 
used  as  such.  Every  sheriff,  county  clerk  and  county  treasurer 
shall  keep  his  office  at  the  county  seat  of  his  county,  and  in 
the  office  provided  by  the  county;  if  there  be  none  provided, 
then  at  such  place  as  the  board  of  county  commissioners  may 
direct,  and  they  shall  keep  the  same  open  during  the  usual 
business  hours  of  each  day,  Sundays  and  legal  holidays  ex- 


1 6  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

cepted ;  and  all  books  and  papers  required  to  be  in  their  office, 
shall  be  open  to  the  examination  of  any  person;  and  if  any 
person  or  officer  shall  neglect  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of 
this  section,  he  shall  forfeit,  for  each  day  he  so  neglects,  thi> 
sum  of  five  dollars.  [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  1901 ;  S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  76r 
Sec.  21.] 

Bonds  and  Oaths. 

Sec.  1135.  Every  county  officer  provided  for  by  law  shall, 
before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  within  twenty 
days  after  the  commencement  of  the  term  for  which  he  was 
elected  or  appointed,  execute  and  deposit  his  official  bond,  as 
prescribed  by  law,  and  every  such  officer  shall,  also  within  the 
same  time,  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  of  office  prescribed  by 
section  twenty  of  article  six  of  the  constitution  of  Wyoming, 
before  some  officer  authorized  to  administer  oaths,  which  oath 
shall  be  endorsed  on  the  back  of  his  certificate  of  election  or 
appointment,  arid  shall  be  deposited  with  his  official  bond.  [R. 
S.  1887,  Sec.  1902.1 

Time  of  Qualifying. 

Sec.  1136.  All  county  officers  elected  at  any  general  elec- 
tion, shall  qualify  and  enter  upon  the  discharge  of  their  re- 
spective duties  upon  the  first  Monday  in  January  immediately 
following  such  general  election.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1903.] 

Vacancies  in  County  Offices — How  Filled. 

Sec.  1137.  When  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  the  office  of 
sheriff,  county  clerk,  county  treasurer,  county  and  prosecuting 
attorney,  or  county  commissioners,  superintendent  of  schoolsy 
coroner,  surveyor,  road  supervisor,  assessor,  justice  of  the 
peace,  constable,  or  other  county  or  precinct  officer,  any  such 
vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  the  board  of  county 
commissioners  in  the  county  in  which  such  vacancy  exists. 
All  such  officers  so  appointed  shall  give  bond,  qualify  and 
enter  upon  the  discharge  of  their  respective  duties  as  by  law 
required,  and  shall  continue  in  the  faithful  discharge  of  such 
duties  for  the  balance  of  the  unexpired  term  of  their  respec- 
tive predecessors  in  office.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  51.] 

Mileage — How  Computed. 

Sec.  1138.  In  all  cases  where  a  mileage  fee  or  mileage  ex- 
pense is  allowed  to  any  state,  county  or  precinct  officer,  it  shall 
not  exceed  the  rate  of  ten  cents  per  mile,  for  each  and  every 
mile  actually  and  necessarily  traveled  in  the  performance  of 
the  duties  of  his  office. 

In  determining  the  mileage,  it  shall  be  computed  by  the 
nearest  practicable  route,  and  the  " nearest  practicable  route" 
shall  be  construed  to  mean  where  the  route  is  by  railroad,  it 


SCHOOL  LAWS. OF  WYOMING.  17 

shall  be  by  the  most  direct  railroad  line;  where  the  route  .shall 
be  partly  by*  stage  or  other  conveyance,  then  the  route  shall  be 
the  most  direct  stage  line,  or  other  conveyance,  to  the  nearest 
railroad  station,  and  then  by  rail,  as  above  provided.  [S.  !,. 
1897,  Ch.  22.] 

Transportation  Expenses. 

Sec.  1139.  Whenever  a  county  officer  is  allowed  by  law. 
mileage  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
him  to  claim,  or  for  the  board  of  county  commissioners  to  al- 
low, any  amount  for  horse  hire,  livery  or  any  other  and  differ- 
ent transportation  expenses.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  92.] 

Qualification  of  Sureties. 

Sec.  1140.  Sureties  upon  an  official  bond,  must  be  resi- 
dents of  this  state,  and  worth  in  the  aggregate,  double  the 
amount  to  be  secured  by  the  bond,  over  and  above  all  ex- 
emptions, debts  and  liabilities  and  each  surety  shall  make  an 
affidavit  as  to  what  he  is  worth,  over  and  above  all  of  his 
debts,  liabilities  and  exemptions,  which  affidavit  shall  be  en- 
dorsed on  the  bond.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1912.] 

Failure  to  Give  New  Bond  Renders  Office  Vacant. 

See.  1141.  Whenever  the  board  of  county  commissioners 
of  any  county  shall  require  any  new  or  additional  bond  to  be 
given,  as  required  by  this  chapter,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
county  clerk  to  immediately  give  personal  notice  thereof  to 
the  person  required  to  give  such  bond,  and  if  the  bond  so  re- 
quired be  not  gi^ren  within  twenty  days  after  the  receipt  of 
such  -notice,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  county  com- 
missioners to  declare  the  office  for  which  such  bond  is  required 
to  be  given,  vacant,  and  to  cause  such  vacancy  to  be  filled  as 
provided  by  law.  The  person  elected  or  appointed  to  fill  such 
vacancy  upon  qualifying,  as  required  by  law,  shall  hold  his 
office  until  the  next  general  election  in  the  county,  and  until 
his  successor  is  duly  chosen  and  qualified.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
1913.] 

Officer  Filling  Vacancy  to  Give  Bond. 

See.  1142.  Every  person  appointed  to  fill  any  vacant  of- 
lire,  as  required  by  law,  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
of  his  office,  qualify  and  give  bond  in  the  same  manner  as 
though  he  had  been  duly  elected  to  the  same  office,  and  shall 
in  all  things  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  law  relating  to  such 
office.  [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  1914.] 

Perjury  by  Surety. 

Sec.  1143.  Any  surety  upon  any  official  bond,  who  shall 
wilfully,  falsely  and  corruptly  make  affidavits  as  to  any  of  the 


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qualifications  required  of  him  as  such,  shall  be  guilty  of  per- 
jury, and  upon  conviction  therefor,  shall  be  imprisoned  in  the 
penitentiary  for  a  term  not  exceeding  ten  years,  and  not  less 
than  one  year.  [K,  S.  1887,  Sec.  1915.] 

Public  Money  to  be  Paid  Into  Treasury. 

Sec.  1144.  All  county  officers  receiving  money  for  any 
county  in  this  state,  shall  pay  the'  same  into  the  county  treas- 
ury of  the  proper  county.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1916.] 

Officers  to  be  Paid  in  Warrants. 

Sec.  1145.  All  county  officers  of  any  county  in  this  state 
are  prohibited  from  paying  themselves  from  money  belonging 
to  any  county  which  may  be  in  their  hands,  but  shall  receive 
pay  for  all  services  rendered  to  a  county,  in  warrants,  drawn 
upon  the  county  treasury  by  the  board  of  county  commission- 
ers. [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1917.] 

Official  Year  Defined. 

Sec.  1146.  The  official  year  of  all  county  and  precinct  of- 
ficers shall  commence  on  the  first  Monday  of  January  every 
second  year,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  1918.] 

Copies  of  Records  as  Evidence. 

Sec.  1147.  Copies  of  all  documents,  writs,  proceedings, 
instruments,  papers  and  writings,  duly  filed  or  deposited  in  the 
office  of  any  county  clerk  or  county  treasurer,  and  transcripts 
from  books  of  records  or  proceedings  kept  by  any  such  officers, 
with  the  seal  of  his  office  affixed,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence 
in  all  cases.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1904.] 

Auditing  Officer  May  Withhold  Salary. 

Sec.  1148.  In  case  any  officer  of  the  state,  or  of  any  county 
or  municipal  corporation  therein,  having  the  custody  of  public 
funds,  shall  be  a  defaulter,  or  in  case  any  public  officer 
whose  duty  it  is  to  pay  into  the  treasury  of  the  state,  county 
or  municipal  corporation,  any  fees  collected  by  him  as  such 
officer,  shall  fail  at  the  time  or  times  required  by  law  to 
pay  over  such  fees  into  the  proper  public  treasury,  the  of- 
ficer or  officers,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  audit  and  a.llow 
claims  for  salary  of  any  such  officer  or  to  issue  a  warrant  or 
warrants,  in  payment  of  the  same,  shall  have  authority  to  with- 
hold the  salary  due  to  such  officer,  until  such  defalcation,  if 
any,  shall  have  been  satisfied,  or  until  such  fees  so  unlawfully 
retained  by  such  officer  shall  have  been  properly  turned  over 
and  paid  into  the  proper  public  treasury ;  and  in  case  the  state 
examiner  shall  have  determined  any  such  defalcation  to  exist, 
or  that  any  such  fees  have  been  improperly  retained  by  any 


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public  officer,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  auditing  officer  or 
board  to  withhold  such  salary  until  such  defalcation  shall  have 
been  satisfied,  or  such  fees  shall  have  been  turned  into  the 
proper  public  treasury,  or  unless,  or  until,  a  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction  shall  by  judgment  or  decree  arrive  at  a  different 
conclusion  from  that  of  the  state  examiner,  and  adjudge  that 
no  defalcation  or  failure  to  pay  over  fees  existed.  [S.  L.  1895, 
Ch.  119,  Sec.  1.] 

Population — How  Determined. 

Sec.  1149.  The  number  of  inhabitants  or  population  of  a 
precinct  for  the  purposes  of  fixing  the  compensation  of  justices 
of  peace  and  constables  provided  by  Sections  5180  to  5182,  in- 
clusive, shall  1/e  ascertained  by  a  reference  to  the  census 
thereof  last  taken  by  the  United  States,  or  this  state.  In  pre- 
cincts where  the  records  of  the  census,  as  aforesaid,  do  not 
-show  the  number  of  inhabitants  or  population,  the  presumption 
.shall  be,  until  overcome  by  satisfactory  evidence  to  the  board 
of  county  commissioners,  that  the  population  thereof  is  less 
than  fifteen  hundred.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  76,  Sec.  22.] 

Assessment— How  Determined. 

Sec,  1150.  The  assessed  valuation  of  a  county  for  the  pur- 
poses of  classification  for  compensation  of  its  officers  shall  be 
ascertained  by  a  reference  to  the  assessment  last  made  before 
the  election  or  appointment  of  the  county  officer  affected 
thereby.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  76,  Sec.  23.] 

Power  to  Appoint  Deputies. 

Sec.  1151.  County  officers  may  appoint  such  deputies,  and 
may  employ  such  assistants  as  they  may  deem  necessary,  but 
no  such  deputies  or  assistants  shall  be  paid  by  the  county,  ex- 
cepting when  specifically  provided  for  by  law.  [S.  L.  1895, 
Ch.  74,  Sec.  10.] 

Officers  Responsible  for  Acts  of  Deputies. 

Sec.  1152.  All  county  officers  shall  be  responsible  for  the 
acts  of  their  deputies  and  assistants,  and  shall  be  holden  on 
their  official  bonds  therefor.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  74,  Sec.  11.] 

Power  of  Deputies — Bonds. 

Sec.  1153.  All  deputy  county  officers  shall  have  the  same 
power  and  authority  as  their  principal,  and  all  official  acts 
performed  by  them  shall  have  the  same  force  and  effect  as  if 
done  by  their  principal.  All  officers  appointing  deputies  and 
assistants  may  require  from  them  a  bond  for  their  own  protec- 
tion, in  such  sums  as  they  may  see  fit.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  74, 
Sec.  12.] 


2O  SCHOOL  LAWS  01?  WYOMING. 

Powers  and  Compensation  in  Special  Cases. 

Sec.  1154.  Whenever  any  county  officer  shall  be  required 
to  perform  the  official  duties  of  any  other  officer  in  this  state, 
he  shall  for  the  time  being  have  the  same  powers  in  respect 
to  the  duties  of  such  office  as  are  given  by  law  to  the  officer 
whose  duties  he  shall  perform,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  receive 
the  same  compensation  for  his  services.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1906.] 

Official  Bonds  Payable  to  State. 

Sec.  1155.  Every  official  bond  of  any  county  officer,  where 
not  otherwise  provided  by  law,  shall  be  payable  to  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  and  an  action  shall  lie  thereon  to  the  use  of  any 
party  aggrieved,  in  the  name  of  the  people.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
1907.] 

Bonds  of  Revenue  Officers. 

Sec.  1156.  The  several  boards  of  county  commissioners 
of  this  state,  at  any  regular  or  special  meeting,  shall  have 
power,  by  an  order  entered  of  record,  to  require  any  county 
officer,  whose  duty  it  is  to  receive  any  of  the  revenues  of  the 
county,  to  give  bonds,  with  sufficient  sureties  to  the  people  of 
the  state  of  Wyoming,  conditioned  as  now  required  by  law,  in 
the  penal  sum  of  one  and  one-fourth  times  the  amount  of  taxes 
collected,  or  revenues  of  any  kind,  coming  into  his  hands  as 
such  officer.  [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  1910.] 

Commissioners  May  Require  New  Bonds. 

Sec.  1157.  If  at  any  time  the  sureties  or  any  of  them, 
upon  any  official  bond  shall  die,  remove  from  this  state,  be- 
come insolvent,  or  from  any  other  cause  cease  to  possess  the 
qualifications  required  by  law,  the  board  of  county  commis- 
sioners shall  require  the  officer  giving  such  bond,  to  give  a 
new  bond,  with  such  sureties  as  are  required  by  law.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  1911.] 

When  Salaries  to  be  Paid. 

Sec.  1158.  The  salaries  of  county  and  precinct  officers  as 
provided  for  by  law  shall  be  paid  in  equal  monthly  installments, 
by  the  county  in  which  they  serve,  and  shall  be  allowed  at  the 
first  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  board  of  county  commis- 
sioners occurring  after  the  rendition  of  such  service  ;  Provided, 
That  in  counties  of  the  third  and  fourth  classes  the  salaries  of 
the  county  and  precinct  officers  may  be  paid  quarterly.  [S.  L. 
1895,  Ch.  76,  Sec.  20.] 

Removal  of  Officers. 

Sec.  1159.  Every  justice  of  the  peace  or  other  county 
officer  not  liable  to  impeachment,  shall  be  removed  from  of- 


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fice  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  the  proper  county, 
if  after  proof  submitted,  they  shall  be  satisfied  that  the  said 
officer  has  been  guilty  of  any  palpable  omission  of  duty  as 
such  officer,  or  has  been  guilty  of  wilful  or  corrupt  oppression 
or  partiality  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties,  or  has  de- 
manded or  received  any  pay  for  the  performance  of  the  duties 
of  his  office  to  which  he  is  not  entitled  or  for  any  other  act 
which  by  statute  is  in  violation  of  his  official  oath  and  bond. 
[S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  7,  Sec.  1.] 

Procedure  in  Removal. 

Sec.  1160.  The  accusation  shall  be  presented  to  the  clerk 
of  the  proper  county  in  writing  and  be  subscribed  and  verified 
by  the  person  making  the  same,  whereupon  the  clerk  shall  im-r 
mediately  notify  the  officer  so  accused  to  appear  before  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  at  the  next  regular  meeting, 
provided  the  same  be  more  than  fifteen  days  from  the  date 
of  such  notice,  and  if  less,  at  the  second  regular  meeting  there- 
after. [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  7,  Sec.  2.] 

Testimony — Vacancy,  How  Filled. 

Sec.  1161.  The  manner  of  taking  testimony  shall  con- 
form to  the  provisions  of  the  statutes  as  set  forth  in  the  justice 
code.  If  a  vacancy  be  declared,  the  commissioners  shall  imme- 
diately proceed  to  fill  the  same  as  provided  by  law,  unless 
notice  of  appeal  be  immediately  given,  and  said  appeal  per- 
fected as  provided  in  case  of  disallowance  of  claims,  provided 
the  right  to  appeal  to  the  district  court  shall  extend  to  both 
parties.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  7,  Sec.  3.1 

Collector  of  Taxes. 

Sec.  1183.  The  county  treasurer  of  each  county  shall  be, 
by  virtue  of  his  office,  collector  of  taxes  therein,  and  shall  per- 
form such  duties  in  that  regard  as  are  prescribed  by  law ;  and 
the  bond  to  be  given  by  such  treasurer,  as  above  provided, 
shall  cover  any  or  all  violation  or  violations  of  his  duties  as 
collector  of  taxes,  and  any  or  all  failure  or  failures  on  his  part 
to  pay  over  to  the  proper  person  or  persons  any  moneys  by  him 
received  as  collector  of  taxes,  and  any  and  all  failure  or  fail- 
ures of  said  treasurer  to  deliver  to  any  person  or  persons  au- 
thorized by  law  to  receive  the  same,  any  books,  papers  or  other 
things  appertaining  to  his  duties  as  collector  of  taxes.  [S.  L. 
1890-91,  Ch.  45,  Sec.  3.] 

Custodian  of  County  Funds. 

Sec.  1186.  The  county  treasurer  shall  receive  all  moneys 
belonging  to  the  county  and  state,  from  whatever  sources  they 
may  be  derived,  and  all  moneys  which  may  be  directed  by 


22  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

law  to  be  paid  to  him.  All  moneys  received  by  him  for  the  use 
of  the  county,  shall  be  paid  out  by  him  only  on  the  orders 
or  warrants  issued  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  as 
prescribed  by  law,  except  where  special  provisions  for  the  pay- 
ment thereof  shall  be  otherwise  made  by  law.  [S.  L.  1890-91,. 
Ch.  45,  Sec.  5. 

To  be  Legal  Adviser  of  County  Officers. 

Sec.  1207.  The  county  and  prosecuting  attorney,  upon, 
request  of  any  county  officer  of  his  county,  shall,  without  fee,, 
give  his  opinion  in  writing  upon  all  questions  of  law  having 
reference  to  the  duties  of  such  officer,  which  may  be  submitted, 
and  shall  file  and  preserve  in  his  office  a  copy  of  all  such  opin- 
ions. [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1895.] 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS. 

Oath  and  Bond — Prohibited  from  Teaching. 

Sec.  1296.  There  shall  be  in  each  organized  county  a  su- 
perintendent of  public  schools,  who  shall,  before  entering  upon 
the  duties  of  his  office,  take  the  oath  prescribed  by  the  constitu- 
tion and  give  bond  to  the  state  of  Wyoming  in  the  penal  sum 
of  five  hundred  dollars  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  du- 
ties required  of  him  by  law  as  such  superintendent,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  and  together  with 
his  certificate  of  election  and  oath,  filed  in  the  county  clerk's 
office;  rrovided,  That  no  person  shall  at  the  same  time  hold 
the  positions  of  county  superintendent  of  public  schools  and 
teacher  in  any  public  school  in  his  or  her  county.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  1898.] 

Salary. 

Sec.  1297.  County  superintendents  of  schools  shall  receive- 
the  following  annual  salaries:  In  counties  of  the  first  class 
nine  hundred  dollars,  in  counties  of  the  second  class  seven 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  in  counties  of  the  third  class  six 
hundred  dollars,  and  in  counties  of  the  fourth  class  five  hun- 
dred dollars,  together  with  their  actual  and  necessary  traveling 
expenses,  wThile  engaged  in  the  discharge  of  their  official  duties, 
the  account  for  which  expenses,  before  being  allowed,  shall  be 
stated  in  separate  items,  accompanied  by  vouchers,  or  receipts,, 
for  all  items  amounting  to  five  dollars  or  more,  and  otherwise 
made  conformable  to  the  law.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  18.] 

Duties. 

Sec.  1298.  The  duties  of  the  county  superintendent  shall 
be  as  follows:  He  shall  on  or  before  the  fourth  Monday  of 
July  in  each  year,  transmit  to  the  superintendent  of  public 
instruction  a  report  containing  an  abstract  of  the  several  par- 


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ticulars  set  forth  in  the  report  of  the  district  clerks,  together 
with  a  statement  of  the  financial  affairs  of  his  office,  and  such 
suggestions  as  he  shall  think  proper,  relative  to  the  schools  of 
his  county ;  he  shall  distribute  to  the  districts  within  his  county 
such  blank  forms,  circulars  and  other  communications  as  may 
be  transmitted  to  him  for  that  purpose  by  the  superintendent 
of  public  instruction.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  15,  Sec.  3.] 

The  Apportionment  of  Taxes. 

Sec.  1299.  On  the  first  Monday  of  December,  annually, 
lie  shall  apportion  the  county  school  tax  and  all  money  in  the 
county  treasury  belonging  to  the  county  school  fund,  in  the 
following  manner :  Each  school  district  in  the  county,  includ- 
ing the  high  school  district  that  may  exist,  shall  be  apportioned 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  the  payment  of 
teachers  in  such  district  and  all  moneys  remaining  after  such 
apportionment  shall  be  apportioned  to  each  district  pro  rata 
in  accordance  with  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance  at  the 
schools  of  said  district  reported  to  him  by  the  several  district 
clerks;  provided,  always,  that  each,  every  and  all  poll  taxes 
levied  and  collected  for  school  purposes,  in  each  school  district 
of  this  state,  shall,  when  collected  by  the  county  treasurer,  be 
paid  over  to  the  treasurer  of  the  school  district  in  which  the 
persons  respectively  reside,  who  paid  such  poll  tax,  and  the  said 
poll  taxes  shall  not  be  divided  among  the  school  districts  of  the 
county  pro  rata  to  the  number  of  scholars  in  such  school  dis- 
trict, but  the  poll  taxes  so  collected  from  the  inhabitants  of 
each  school  district  shall  be  paid  to  the  treasurer  of  the  school 
district  in  which  they  severally  reside,  for  the  support  of  the 
school  of  such  district ;  no  district  shall  be  entitled  to  the 
amount  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  the  payment  of 
teachers  besides  the  pro  rata  apportionment  as  provided  in  this 
section  where  there  are  less  than  eight  scholars  of  school  age 
in  said  district;  and  provided,  further,  that  in  counties  where 
there  may  exist  a  county  high  school,  the  said  money  shall  be 
apportioned  in  the  following  manner:  After  the  apportion- 
ment of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  to  each  district,  as  above 
provided,  all  money  of  the  county  school  fund,  to  which  the 
districts  composing  the  high  school  district  may  be  entitled, 
shall  be  apportioned  between  such  high  school  district  and  the 
districts  composing  the  same,  in  proportion  as  the  number  of 
children  in  such  district  between  the  ages  of  seventeen  and 
twenty-one  bears  to  the  whole  number  of  children  of  school  age 
as  shown  by  the  last  school  census  and  after  such  portion  of  the 
school  fund  shall  have  been  apportioned  to  such  high  school 
district  as  last  above  provided  the  remainder  thereof  shall  be 
apportioned  among  the  districts  embraced  in  the  said  high 
school  district  in  accordance  with  the  rule  hereinbefore  es- 


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tablished;  he  shall  record  a  statement  of  such  apportionment 
in  his  office  and  he  shall  also  notify  the  county  treasurer  of  the 
same:  he  shall  immediately  draw  an  order  on  the  county 
treasurer  in  favor  of  the  treasurer  of  each  district  for  the 
amount  of  its  proportion  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  treasurer 
of  the  district,  provided  such  district  treasurer  shall  have  given 
his  official  bond,  which  draft  the  county  treasurer  shall  pay  to 
the  district  treasurer  on  presentation  of  the  drafts  properly 
endorsed.  [S.  L.  1911,  Ch.  90,  Sec.  1.] 

Supplemental  Apportionment. 

Sec.  1300.  Should  no  apportionment  of  the  school  funds 
be  made  on  the  first  Monday  in  December  as  required  in  this 
chapter,  he  may  make  an  apportionment  as  soon  thereafter  as 
practicable,  in  the  same  manner  as  hereinbefore  provided.  He 
may  also  make  a  supplementary  apportionment  of  the  money 
in  the  county  school  fund  at  any  time  after  the  first  Monday  in 
December  prior  to  the  first  of  the  following  June  and  such 
supplementary  apportionment  shall  be  pro  rata  according  to 
the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance  in  any  and  all  schools  in 
each  district,  as  reported  to  him  by  the  several  district  clerks 
in  their  last  annual  reports.  Provided,  That  in  counties 
wherein  there  may  exist  a  county  high  school,  such  apportion- 
ment shall  be  made  in  the  manner  provided  by  the  last  section. 
[S.  L.  1911,  Ch.  90,  Sec.  2.] 

Boundaries  of  Districts  When  Changed — Number. 

Sec.  1301.  The  county  superintendent  of  schools  shall 
divide  the  county  into  school  districts,  and  may  alter  and 
change  the  boundaries  of  districts  thus  formed,  from  time  to 
time  as  the  convenience  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  aforesaid 
district  may  require,  and  shall  proceed  to  make  such  change 
at  any  time,  when  petitioned  by  t\vo-thirds  of  the  legal  voters 
of  any  district.  And  the  county  superintendent  of  schools 
shall  abolish  or  join  in  a  contiguous  district  any  school  district 
in  which  no  school  has  been  maintained  for  twelve  consecutive 
months,  and  all  funds  to  the  credit  of  such  district  so  abol- 
ished or  joined  to  another  district  shall  be  re-turned  to,  and  be- 
come a  part  of  the  general  school  fund  of  the  county;  Pro- 
vided, That  nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
prevent  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  from  joining 
any  school  district  (having  less  than  eight  pupils)  to  any  other 
school  district  lying  continguous  thereto,  if,  in  the  judgment  of 
said  superintendent,  it  will  be  for  the  benefit  of  the  public 
schools,  so  to  join  such  districts.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  20.] 

Dismiss  Incompetent  Teachers — Visits. 

Sec.  1302.  He  shall  have  the  general  superintendence  of 
the  schools  of  his  county,  and  shall  visit  each  school  at  least 


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once  in  each  term,  and  shall  have  power  to  recommend  for  dis- 
missal all  teachers  he  may  find  to  be  incompetent;  Provided, 
That  before  any  teacher  shall  be  dismissed  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  superintendent  to  specify  charges,  in  writing,  against 
said  teacher,  and  shall  file  the  same  with  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  school  district  wherein  said  teacher  is  employed,  and 
upon  such  charges  a  hearing  shall  be  had  in  the  presence  of  the 
board,  and  if  in  their  judgment  the  charges  as  preferred  are 
well  sustained,  then  the  said  board  may  proceed  to  dismiss 
said  teacher.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  56.] 

Failure  to  Make  Report — Penalty. 

Sec.  1303.  Should  he  fail  to  make  his  reports,  as  required 
in  this  chapter,  he  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dol- 
lars, and  suit  shall  be  brought  on  his  official  bond  for  the  col- 
lection of  the  same,  with  damages,  by  the  prosecuting  attor- 
ney. [B.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3915.] 

Supervisory  and  Appellate  Authority. 

Sec.  1304.  He  shall  see  that  the  annual  report  of  the 
clerks  of  the  several  school  districts  in  his  county  are  made 
correctly  and  in  due  time,  and  shall  hear  and  determine  all 
appeals  from  the  decision  of  the  district  boards.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec,  3917.] 

County  Teachers'  Institute. 

Sec.  1305.  The  county  superintendent  of  public  schools 
shall  hold  annually,  at  some  convenient  place,  a  county  teach- 
ers' institute  for  the  instruction  and  advancement  of  teachers. 
Said  institute  shall  continue  not  less  than  four  days.  The 
county  superintendent  shall  preside  at  all  meetings,  and  de- 
termine the  time  and  place  for  holding  such  institute.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  all  teachers  actualy  engaged  in  teaching  in  such 
county  to  attend  such  institute  unless  they  shall  have  a  written 
excuse,  signed  by  the  county  superintendent.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  each  district  board  to  pay  all  teachers  who  attend 
such  institute,  the  same  salary  per  day  they  would  have  been 
paid  had  the  same  amount  of  time  been  spent  in  teaching.  -It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  board  of  commissioners  in  each 
county  to  appropriate  annually  in  counties  of  the  first  class, 
$250.00 ;  in  counties  of  the  second  class,  $200.00 ;  in  counties  of 
the  third  class,  $150.00,  for  the  payment  of  such  instructors  or 
1  cturers  as  the  county  superintendents  may  employ  to  assist 
him  or  her  in  holding  the  county  institute.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch. 
40.] 

May  Appoint  Deputies. 

Sec.  1306.  In  counties  of  the  first,  second  and  third 
class,  the  county  superintendent,  by  and  with  the  consent 


26  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

of  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  may  appoint  deputy 
county  superintendents,  to  be  paid  by  the  county  a  compensa- 
tion of  three  dollars  per  diem  while  actually  engaged  as  such 
deputy.  Provided,  however,  That  in  no  case  shall  the  amount 
so  appropriated  by  any  county  for  such  deputy  exceed  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  in  any  one  year.  [S.  L.  1909  r 
Ch.  46,  Sec.  1.] 

COUNTY  LIBRARIES. 

Tax  to  Be  Levied — Amount. 

Sec.  1316.  When  the  county  commissioners  of  any  county 
have  received  proper  and  sufficient  guarantees,  whether  in  the 
form  of  conveyances,  or  bonds  of  citizens,  or  associations  or 
corporations,  that  a  suitable  place  will  be  permanently  fur- 
nished for  the  protection  and  use  of  a  public  library  as  a  con- 
dition precedent  to  their  own  action,  under  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter,  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  levy  annually  a  tax  of  not 
less  than  one-eighth  of  a  mill  nor  more  than  one-half  of  a 
mill  on  the  dollar  on  all  taxable  property  in  the  county,  for 
the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  a  public  library  to  be 
located  at  the  county  seat  of  such  county.  And  whenever  a 
suitable  place  is  furnished  without  rent  for  the  use  of  any 
county  library,  the  directors  thereof  shall  have  the  power  to 
pay  such  incidental  expenses  as  may.be  necessary  in  keeping  in 
repair  and  properly  janitored,  lighted,  heated  and  cared  for, 
the  place  so  furnished,  and  to  pay  the  expense  thereof  out  of 
the  taxes  levied  hereunder.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45,  Sec.  1.  ] 

How  Tax  Levied  and  Collected. 

Sec.  1317.  The  tax  authorized  by  the  preceding  section 
shall  be  levied  and  collected  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  county  taxes  of  such  county  are  levied  and 
collected,  and  the  whole  amount  so  collected  shall  be  set  apart 
and  shall  be  desiganted  the  county  library  fund;  Provided, 
That  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  into  author- 
izing any  additional  levy  to  that  now  authorized  by  law.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  45,  Sec.  2.] 

Board  of  Directors — Appointment. 

Sec.  1318.  The  control  and  use  of  said  library  fund  shall 
be  entrusted  by  the  county  commissioners  of  any  county  to 
three  competent  and  responsible  citizens  of  the  county,  to  be 
appointed  by  said  commissioners  and  to  constitute  a  board  of 
directors  for  this  purpose.  As  soon  as  .appointed  they  shall  in- 
corporate as  a  body,  with  an  appropriate  name.  They  shall 
serve  without  compensation  and  the  treasurer  of  the  board 
shall  give  bonds,  to  be  approved  by  the  county  commissioners, 


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for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties.  It  shall  be  their 
duty,  upon  notification  from  the  county  commissioners  that  a 
library  fund  is  at  their  disposal,  to  expend  so  much  of  the  said 
fund  as  shall  be  found  available,  in  the  purchase  of  books,  fur- 
niture, salaries  of  librarian  and  assistants,  and  incidental  ex- 
penses for  the  library  herein  provided  to  be  established;  Pro- 
vided, That  the  books  so  purchased  shall  be  of  a  kind  best 
suited  to  inform  the  mind  and  improve  the  character  of  the 
reader;  that  neither  sectarian  nor  professional  books  shall  be 
purchased  out  of  such  fund,  and  that  not  exceeding  twenty-five 
per  centum  of  such  fund  so  expended  shall  be  used  for  the  pur- 
chase of  works  of  fiction;  the  said  trustees  appointed  by  the 
county  commissioners  shall  hold  office,  one-third  for  one  year, 
one-third  for  two  years,  and  one-third  for  three  years  from 
the  1st  day  of  July  following  their  appointment,  and  at  their 
regular  meeting  shall  cast  lots  for  the  respective  terms;  and 
annually  thereafter  the  county  commissioners  shall,  before  the 
1st  day  of  July  of  each  ye^r,  appoint,  as  before,  one  director 
to  take  the  place  of  the  retiring  director,  who  shall  hold  office 
for  three  years  and  until  his  successor  is  appointed.  The 
county  commissioners  may  remove  any  director  for  misconduct 
or  neglect  of  duty.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  686 ;  S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45, 
Sec.  3.] 

Donations — Location  of  Library — Librarian. 

Sec.  1319.  The  said  board  of  directors  is  authorized  to  re- 
ceive donations  of  real  estate,  money  or  books,  in  aid  of  the 
establishment  or  maintenance  of  the  library,  for  which  said 
directors  are  hereby  made  responsible,  and,  as  trustees  of  the 
donor,  shall  carefully  observe  the  conditions  accompanying 
every  such  gift,  and  if  any  incorporated  literary  or  library 
association  shall  donate  to  such  county  library,  property  equal 
in  value  to  one  thousand  dollars,  or  shall  annually  contribute 
to  its  resources  a  sum  exceeding  two  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars in  money,  such  association  shall  be  entitled  to  name  one 
person  to  be  an  associate  member  of  said  board  of  trustees,  who 
shall  have  all  the  rights,  privileges  and  responsibilities  of  the 
other  members  thereof.  When  no  provision  can  be  made  for 
otherwise  furnishing  the  library  with  the  necessary  accommo- 
dations for  its  books  and  other  publications,  without  expense 
to  the  library  fund  arising  from  the  public  tax,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  board  of  school  trustees  or  directors  of  the  school 
district  embracing  the  county  seat,  to  provide  accommodations 
for  them  in  the  best  situated  school  building  over  which  such 
board  of  school  trustees  have  control.  The  board  of  directors 
shall  also  appoint  a  competent  person  to  have  the  immediate 


28  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

charge  of  the  library,  with  such  duties  and  compensation  for 
services  as  they  shall  fix  and  determine.     [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45, 

Sec.  4.] 

Libraries  to  Be  Free. 

Sec.  1320.  Every  library  established  and  maintained  un- 
der the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  be  free  to  all  residents 
of  the  county  to  which  it  belongs,  on  the  condition  that  such 
persons  comply  with  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  safety 
and  management  of  the  library  as  the  board  of  directors  shall 
prescribe,  which  rules  and  regulations  may  be  enforced  by 
legal  proceedings  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction ; 
Provided,  That  in  the  management  of  the  library,  the  best 
possible  provision  shall  be  made  for  the  convenient  use  of  the 
books  thereof  by  the  residents  of  such  county  residing  out  of 
the  town  wherein  the  library  is  situated.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45, 
Sec.  5.] 

Board  of  Directors — Use  of  Books. 

Sec.  1321.  It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  such  board  of 
directors  to  keep  a  careful  record  of  all  its  doings,  with  du- 
plicate vouchers  for  all  expenditures,  one  set  of  such  vouch- 
ers to  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  the  board  of 
directors,  the  other  to  be  filed  with  the  county  commissioners 
at  the  end  of  each  calendar  year.  The  board  of  directors  shall 
also,  at  the  end  of  each  year,  report  to  the  county  commis- 
sioners all  the  important  transactions  for  the  previous  twelve 
months,  specifying  in  each  report  the  sum  of  money  received 
from  the  county  library  fund,  also  the  moneys  and  property  re- 
ceived from  other  sources,  the  use  and  disposition  made  of  such 
moneys  and  other  property,  the  number  of  books  and  other  pub- 
lications then  in  the  library,  the  number  of  books  and  other 
publications  added  by  purchase  and  gift  during  the  year,  as 
well  as  the  number  of  books  lost  and  missing,  the  number,  title 
and  cost  of  books,  maps  and  charts  purchased  out  of  the  county 
library  fund,  the  number  of  books  loaned  out,  with  the  gen- 
eral character  of  such  books,  the  number  of  persons  who  have 
drawn  books  from  the  library  during  the  year,  and  the  num- 
ber of  visitors  thereto,  together  with  such  other  facts  deemed 
of  public  interest,  a  copy  of  which  report  shall  be  furnished 
by  the  clerk  of  said  board  of  county  commissioners  for  pub- 
lication in  at  least  one  paper  of  general  circulation  in  the 
county.  Only  persons  resident  of  the  county  shall  be  al- 
lowed to  obtain  a  loan  of  books  from  the  library,  and  in  every 
case  when  books  are  lost  or  destroyed  by  such  parties,  or  with- 
held from  the  library  by  such  persons,  then  in  that  event  such 


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persons  shall  be  responsible  for  the  loss  of  such  book  or  books, 
and  the  value  of  said  book  or  books  may  be  recovered  by 
proper  action  at  law  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  in 
the  county.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45,  Sec.  6.] 

PUBLIC  INDEBTENDESS. 

Indebtedness  in  Excess  of  Constitutional  Limit,  Void. 

Sec.  1353.  Any  indebtedness  created  after  February  21, 
1899,  in  excess  of  the  limitation  of  the  constitution,  by  any 
county,  city,  town,  village,  or  other  sub-division  of  the  state 
of  Wyoming  in  any  current  year,  defined  as  from  the  first  Mon- 
day in  January  of  one  year  to  the  first  Monday  in  January  of 
the  next  year  ensuing,  in  excess  of  that  authorized  by  the  con- 
stitution of  the  state  and  for  the  payment  of  which  there  are  no 
available  revenues,  during  such  current  year,  shall  as  against 
such  county,  city,  town,  village,  or  other  sub-division  of  the 
state,  be  void  and  of  no  effect,  but  any  officer  who  shall  par- 
ticipate in  creating  such  indebtedness,  and  the  sureties  on  his 
official  bond,  shall  be  personally  liable  to  the  holder,  or  holders, 
of  such  indebtedness  as  fully  as  if  such  indebtedness  had  been 
contracted  for  his  individual  benefit.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  89.] 

SCHOOL  DISTRICTS— ORGANIZATION  AND   GOVERN- 
MENT. 

Notice  of  Formation  of  New  District. 

Sec.  1926.  Whenever  a  school  district  shall  be  formed  in 
any  county,  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  in  such  county 
shall,  within  fifteen  days  thereafter,  prepare  a  notice  of  the 
formation  of  such  district,  describing  its  boundaries  and  stating 
the  number  thereof,  and  appointing  a  time  and  place  for  the 
district  meeting.  He  shall  cause  the  notice,  thus  prepared,  to 
be  posted  in  at  least  five  public  places  in  the  district,  at  least 
ten  days  before  the  time  appointed  for  such  meeting ;  and  when 
a  joint  district  is  derived  from  portions  of  two  or  more  coun- 
ties, the  county  superintendent  of  each  county,  from  which  any 
portion  of  the  new  district  is  taken,  shall  unite  in  giving  the 
customary  notices,  and  the  new  district  shall  be  numbered  by 
the  superintendent  of  the  county  having  the  highest  number  of 
districts.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3918.] 

Appeal  from  Superintendent  on  Formation  of  District. 

Sec.  1927.  A  majority  of  the  voters  in  any  school  district, 
being  dissatisfied  with  the  formation  of  any  school  district, 
shall  have  the  right  to  appeal  from  the  superintendent  to  the 
board  of  county  commissioners,  and  from  the  board  of  county 


30  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

commissioners  to  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction.     [R. 
S.  1887,  Sec.  3919.] 

First  Election  of  Trustees — Officers  of  District. 

Sec.  1928.  The  qualified  electors  of  a  school  district,  when 
assembled  in  accordance  with  the  notice  required  in  section 
nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  shall  organize  by  appointing 
a  chairman  and  a  secretary  who  shall  act  as  judges  of  election. 
They  shall  the'n  by  ballot  elect  three  trustees  possessing  the 
qualifications  of  electors  of  said  district,  and  the  name  of  each 
elector  shall  be  recorded  by  the  secretary,  and  they  shall  hold 
their  office  until  the  next  succeeding  annual  district  election 
and  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  The  said 
trustees  shall  constitute  a  board  of  directors  for  the  district  and 
shall,  as  soon  as  they  are  qualified,  choose  from  their  number 
a  director,  treasurer  and  clerk  of  the  district.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch. 
77,  Sec. '!.] 

Oath  of  Directors. 

Sec.  1929.  All  directors  of  the  board  shall,  within  ten  days 
after  their  election,  appear  before  some  justice  of  the  peace 
or  other  person  qualified  to  administer  oaths,  and  take  an  oath 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties  and  in  accordance 
with  law,  and  shall,  without  delay,  transmit  a  copy  of  said 
oath  in  writing  to  the  county  superintendent  of  schools.  [S.  L. 
1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  2.] 

Annual  Election  of  Trustees — District  Officers. 

Sec.  1930.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law,  there 
shall  be  elected  in  each  organized  school  district  meeting  on 
the  first  Monday  in  May  of  each  year,  one  trustee,  who  shall 
hold  his  office  for  three  years  and  until  his  successor  is  duly 
elected  and  qualified.  If,  for  any  cause,  the  annual  election 
should  not  be  held  at  the  regular  annual  meeting,  a  special 
meeting  may  be  held  for  that  purpose  if  so-  specified  in  the 
notice  for  said  special  meeting.  The  trustees  together  shall 
constitute  a  board  of  directors  for  the  district,  and  shall,  im- 
mediately after  they  are  qualified,  elect  one  of  their  number  a 
director,  treasurer  and  clerk  of  the  district.  At  the  first  regu- 
lar annual  election  after  a  school  district  is  organized  there 
shall  be  three  trustees  elected,  one  to  hold  his  office  for  the 
term  of  three  years,  and  one  to  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of 
two  years,  and  one  for  the  term  of  one  year  and  until  their 
successors  are  elected  and  qualified,  and  thereafter  at  each 
such  annual  meeting  there  shall  be  one  trustee  elected  as  afore- 
said, for  the  term  of  three  years,  as  successor  to  the  outgoing 
member  of  the  board,  and  all  of  said  trustees  herein  men- 
tioned shall  possess  the  qualifications  of  any  elector  in  said 


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District,  and  shall  be  elected  by  ballot,  and  the  name  of  each 
elector  voting  for  trustee  shall  be  recorded  by  the  secretary 
of  the  meeting,  and  such  record  shall  be  filed  with  the  district 
derk.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  3.] 

Election  of  Trustees  Where  Number  Increased  to  Six. 

Sec.  1931.  In  all  school  districts  in  this  state  containing 
a  population  of  one  thousand  or  more,  the  number  of  trustees 
may  be  increased  to  six  at  any  annual  school  election  held 
hereafter,  if  the  majority  of  the  electors  at  such  annual  meet- 
ing, upon  taking  a  vote  by  ballot,  so  decide.  The  electors  shall 
then  proceed  by  ballot  to  elect  one  trustee  for  one  year,  one 
trustee  for  two  years  and  two  trustees  for  three  years. .  At  all 
annual  elections  held  thereafter  there  shall  be  elected  two 
trustees,  who  shall  hold  their  office  for  three  years,  or  until 
their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  38.] 

School  District  Seal. 

Sec.  1932.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  board  of  school 
directors  so  increased  to  six  members  to  provide,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  their  district,  and  for  said  district,  a  seal,  upon  which 

shall  be  engraved  the  words  "School  District  No , 

County,  Wyo., "  stating  the  number 

of  the  district,  and  the  county  in  which  it  is  situated.  The  seal 
shall  be  in  possession  of  the  clerk  of  the  district.  It  shall  be 
.affixed  to  all  communications  or  notices  required  by  law  to  be 
sent  or  published  by  such  school  board,  and  to  all  warrants 
drawn  upon  the  treasurer  of  the  district.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3923.] 

School  District  to  Be  Body  Corporate. 

Sec.  1933.  Each  school  district  formed  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  title  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  body  corporate  by 

the  name  and  style  of  ' '  School  District  No ,  in  the 

County  of and  State  of  Wyoming ' ' , 

and  in  that  name  it  may  hold  property  anfl  be  a  party  to  suits 
and  contracts.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3925.] 

Regular  Meetings  of  District. 

Sec.  1934.  The  fiscal  year  shall  end  on  the  30th  day  oE 
April  and  the  annual  school  meeting  of  each  school  district 
shall  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  of  May  in  each  year.  And, 
when  present,  the  director  and  clerk  shall  preside  as  chairman 
and  secretary,  respectively,  of  such  meeting.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch. 
15,  Sec.  1.] 

Powers  of  District  Meeting1. 

Sec.  1935.  The  qualified  electors  of  the  district,  when 
.assembled,  shall  have  power : 


32  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

1.  To  appoint  a  chairman  and  secretary,  in  the  absence 
of  the  regular  officers. 

2.  To   adjourn  from  time   to  time,   as   occasion  may  re- 
quire. 

3.  To   determine   the  number  of  schools  which  shall  be 
established  in  the  district,  and  the  length  of  time  each  shall  be 
taught. 

4.  To  fix  the  site  of  each  school  house,  taking  into  con- 
sideration in  doing  so, -the  wants  and  necessities  of  the  people 
of  each  portion  of  the  district. 

5.  To  vote  such  sum  of  money  as  the  meeting  shall  deem 
sufficient  for  any  of  the  following  purposes :     To  supply  .any 
deficiency  in  the  fund  for  the  payment  of  teachers ;    to  pur- 
chase  or  lease   a   suitable   site   for   a  school  house,   or   school 
houses;    to  build,  rent  or  purchase  a  school  house,  or  school 
houses,   and   keep   in   repair   and   furnish   the   same   with   the 
necessary  fuel   and   appendages ;    for   procuring  libraries   for 
the  schools,  books  and  stationery  for  the  use  of  the  board  and 
district  meetings ;   and  for  the  payment  of  all  other  contingent 
expenses  of  the  district ;   Provided,  That  the  sum  of  money  so 
voted  shall  not  exceed  ten  mills  on  the  dollar  of  all  taxable 
property  in  each  school  district. 

6.  To   direct   the   sale   or   other   disposition   to   be   made 
of  any  school  house,   or  the  site  thereof,   and  of  such   other 
property,  real  or  personal,  as  may  belong  to  the  district ;   and 
to  direct  the  manner  in  which  the  proceeds  arising  therefrom 
shall  be  applied. 

7.  To  vote  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  in 
any  one  year,  to  procure  a  district  library,  consisting  of  such 
books  as  they  may  direct  any  person  to  procure. 

8.  To  delegate  any  and  all  powers  specified  in  the  fore- 
going subdivisions  to  the  district  board;    Provided,  That  the 
district  board  shall  not  have  power  to  vote  or  raise  money  as 
provided  in  subdivision  five. 

9.  To  transact  generally  such  business  as  may  tend  to 
promote  the  cause  of  education  in  accordance  with  the  provi- 
sions of  this  and  succeeding  chapters.     [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3927  ,- 
S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  12;  S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  5;  S.  L.  1903, 
Ch.  63;    S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  1.] 

Objects  in  Voting  Money  to  Be  Designated. 

Sec.  1936.  In  voting  money,  the  district  meetings  shall 
designate  the  respective  objects  for  which  the  same  is  raised, 
and  the  amount  to  be  raised  for  each  object,  and  the  aggre- 
gate amount  shall  be  assessed  and  collected,  as  provided  by  law. 

[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3928.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  33 

Meeting  May  Adopt  Rules  of  Order. 

Sec.  1937.  They  may  adopt  rules  of  order,  not  incom- 
patible with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  and  the  instructions 
of  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  for  the  government 
of  district  meetings,  and  may  alter  and  change  the  same  from 
time  to  time  as  occasion  may  require,  and  may  prescribe  the 
manner  of  taking  the  sense  of  the  meeting  upon  any  question ; 
Provided,  That  the  last  specification  shall  not  apply  to  the  elec- 
tion of  officers.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3929.1 

Transfer  of  School  Funds. 

Sec.  1938.  In  all  cases  where  there  are  moneys  belonging 
to  the  school  house  fund,  remaining  in  the  hands  of  the  dis- 
trict treasurer  of  any  school  district,  and  the  board  of  directors 
thereof  are  satisfied  that  such  moneys  are  not  required  to  build 
a  school  house  or  school  houses,  in  said  district,  or  repair  or 
furnish  the  same,  such  moneys  may  be  transferred  and  accred- 
ited to  the  teachers'  fund,  and  applied'  to  the  payment  of 
teachers.  And  the  board  may  also  in  like  manner  transfer  a 
surplus  of  the  teachers'  fund  to  the  fund  for  building  school 
houses  when  required.  [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  3930.] 

Manner  of  Conducting  Election  of  Trustees. 

Sec.  1939.  At  the  regular  district"  meeting  of  school  dis- 
tricts in  each  year,  at  the  time  now  provided  by  law  for  the 
election  of  trustees,  such  district  meeting  shall  be  opened  by 
proclamation  of  the  trustees,  at  the  hour  named  in  the  pub- 
lished or  posted  notice  for  the  meeting.  And  the  order  of 
business  at  such  meeting  shall  be : 

1.  Reading  and  consideration  of  the  report  of  the  clerk 
and  treasurer. 

2.  Voting  of  money  to  be  raised  by  special  tax.  . 

3.  Election  of  trustee  or  trustees. 

4.  Miscellaneous  business. 

[S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  73,  Sec.  1.] 
Qualifications  of  Electors. 

Sec.  1940.  All  school  district  elections  shall  be  carried  on 
as  provided  by  law,  and  the  qualifications  of  voters  at  such 
elections  shall  be  the  same  as  at  any  other  election,  and  in  ad- 
dition thereto,  such  voter  shall  be  in  possession  of  a  tax  re- 
ceipt, from  the  tax  collector  of  the  county  in  which  such  elec- 
tion is  being  held,  showing  that  such  voter  is  a  property 
owner  in  such  school  district ;  Provided,  however,  That  the 
tax  qualification  mentioned  in  this  section  shall  apply  only  to 
questions  of  special  school  tax  appropriations  of  money  and 
bonding  such  school  district.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  179- 
K.  S.  1899,  Sec.  536;  S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  68,  Sec.  1.1 


34  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

Directors  Shall  Qualify. 

Sec.  1941.  Said  directors  shall  qualify  in  the  manner  pre- 
scribed for  directors  elected  upon  the  formation  of  a  new 
school  district ,-  and  in  case  they  neglect  or  refuse  to  do  so  they 
shall  be  subject  to  the  same  pentlay.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3934; 
R.  S.  18,99,  Sec.  538.] 

Meeting  of  Board. 

Sec.  1942.  The  board  of  directors  may  hold  such  regular, 
special  or  adjourned  meetings  as  they  may  from  time  to  time 
determine.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3935.] 

Powers  and  Duties  of  District  Board. 

Sec.  1943.  The  district  board  shall  make  all  contracts,  pur- 
chases, payments  and  sales,  necessary  to  carry  out  every  vote 
of  the  district,  for  procuring  any  site  for  a  school  house,  rent- 
ing, repairing  or  furnishing  the  same,  and  disposing  thereof,  or 
for  keeping  a  school  therein,  and  performing  such  other  duties 
as  may  be  delegated  to  them  by  the  district  meeting.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec,  3936.] 

Members  of  Board  May  Administer  Oaths. 

Sec.  1944.  The  trustees  of  school  districts  are  hereby 
severally  authorized  to  administer  oaths  within  their  respec- 
tive counties  in  any  and  all  matters  pertaining  to  their  re- 
spective districts  and  the  business  thereof,  where  an  oath  is  or 
shall  be  required  by  law.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  4.] 

Authority  of  Board  to  Remove  Scholars. 

Sec.  1945.  The  district  board  shall  have  power  to  admit 
scholars  from  adjoining  districts,  and  remove  scholars  for 
disorderly  conduct ;  and  when  scholars  are  admitted  from  other 
districts  the  district  board  may,  in  their  discretion  require  a 
tuition  fee  from  such  scholars.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3937.] 

When  Board  to  Advertise  for  Bids. 

Sec.  1946.  Whenever  any  school  house  is  to  be  built  or  any 
repairs,  addition  or  improvement  costing  more  than  two  hun- 
dred dollars,  made  to  any  school  house  or  district  property, 
the  board  of  directors  of  the  district  shall  advertise  for  bids 
for  such  work,  and  in  all  cases  contract  the  same  to  the  lowest 
responsible  bidder.  [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  3938.] 

Settlement  With  Treasurer— Report  to  District  Meeting. 

Sec.  1947.  They  shall,  from  time  to  time,  examine  the 
books  and  accounts  of  the  treasurer,  and  make  settlement  with 
him,  and  shall,  at  each  regular  meeting  of  the  district,  present 
to  the  same  a  full  statement  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures 


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of  the  district  and  such  other  matters  as  may  be  deemed  im- 
portant.    [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3939.] 

Visiting  Committee. 

Sec.  1948.  They  shall  appoint  a  committee  from  their 
own  body  to  visit  the  respective  schools  of  the  district  monthly, 
and  to  aid  the  teachers  in  establishing  and  enforcing  rules 
for  the  government  of  schools,  and  see  that  the  teachers  keep 
a  correct  list  of  the  pupils,  the  time  which  they  attend  school, 
the  branches  of  learning  which  each  is  studying,  and  such  other 
matters  as  may.  in  the  opinion  of  the  board,  tend  to  promote 
the  welfare  pf  the  school.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3940.] 

Auditing  and  Payment  of  Claims. 

Sec.  1949.  They  shall  audit  and  allow  all  just  claims 
against  the  district,  and  the  directors  shall  draw  an  order  for 
all  demands  thus  audited,  on  the  district  treasurer.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3941.] 

Special  District  Meetings — Requisites  of  Notice. 

Sec.  1950.  They  shall,  upon  the  written  request  of  five 
legal  voters  of  the  district,  or  whenever  they  deem  it  expedient, 
call  special  meetings  thereof;  but  in  all  such  cases,  the  notice  of 
such  meeting  shall  clearly  state  the  precise  object  for  which  it 
is  called,  and  time  and  place  at  which  it  is  to  be  held.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3942.] 

Vacancy — How  Filled. 

Sec.  1951.  In  case  a  vacancy  in  any  district  school  board 
shall  be  caused  by  the  resignation,  death  or  otherwise  of  any 
one  of  its  members,  such  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  appoint- 
ment of  the  district  board,  and  said  appointee  may  legally 
hold  such  office  until  the  next  annual  school  election  following 
said  appointment,  but  no  longer,  and  at  the  annual  election 
said  vacancy  shall  be  filled  in  the  same  way  and  manner  as 
authorized  by  law  for  the  annual  election  of  school  trustees.' 
[S.'L.  1901,  Ch.  58.] 

Bond  of  District  Treasurer. 

Sec.  1952.  The  district  treasurer  shall  give  bonds  to  the 
district  in  such  penalty  and  with  such  sureties  as  the  board 
of  the  county  commissioners  shall  direct  and  approve,  con- 
ditioned for  the  faithful  application  of  all  money  which  may 
come  into  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  office ;  Provided,  Said 
bonds  shall  not  exceed  one  and  one-quarter  times  the  amount 
of  all  the  school  moneys  handled  by  the  treasurer  in  any 
one  year.  Said  penalty  may  be  increased  from  time  to  time 
as  the  interests  of  the  district  may  require.  The  said  bond, 
after  being  approved  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners, 


36  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

shall  be  filed  with  the  county  treasurer,  and  it  is  hereby  made 
unlawful  for  the  county  treasurer  to  pay  over  any  sums  of 
money  out  of  the  school  fund  to  any  district  treasurer  until 
such  bond  shall  have  been  approved  and  filed  as  herein  pro- 
vided, and  in  case  of  a  breach  in  the  conditions  of  said  bond, 
suit  shall  be  brought  thereon  by  the  board  of  county  commis- 
sioners of  the  county  in  which  the  district  is  situated,  for  the 
benefit  of  said  district.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3945.] 

Establishment  of  High  Schools. 

Sec.  1953.  The  county  superintendent  and  district  board 
of  directors  may  determine  whether  a  school  of  a  higher  grade 
shall  be  established  in  the  district,  the  number  of  teachers  to 
be  employed,  and  the  course  of  instruction  to  be  pursued 
therein,  until  the  meeting  of  the  teachers'  institute,  provided 
for  by  law,  at  which  time  the  institute  shall  determine  the 
studies  to  be  pursued  in  all  schools  of  like  grade  in  the  state  j 
and  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  have  the 
same  power  to  carry  into  effect  the  determination  of  the  in- 
stitute, as  is  provided  in  other  cases ;  and  the  board  may  erect, 
for  the  purpose,  one  or  more  permanent  school  houses,  and 
shall  cause  such  classification  of  the  pupils  as  they  may  deem 
necessary;  but  in  selecting  the  site  for  such  school  house  or 
school  houses  the  permanent  interest  and  future  welfare  of 
the  people  of  the  entire  district  shall  be  consulted.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3946.] 

Note — This  refers  particularly  to  the  district  high  school, 
and  not  to  the  high  school  as  formed  in  accordance  with  S.  L. 
1905,  Ch.  67. 

Separate  School  for  Colored  Children. 

Sec.  1954.  When  there  are  fifteen  or  more  colored  -child- 
ren within  any  school  district,  the  board  of  directors  thereof, 
with  the  approval  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools,  may 
provide  a  separate  school  for  the  instruction  of  such  colored 
children.  [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  3947.] 

Employment  and  Payment  of  Teachers. 

Sec.  1955.  The  district  board  shall  employ  all  teachers, 
necessary  for  the  schools  of  the  district,  and  pay  them  by  draft 
on  the  treasurer.  [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  3948.] 

Free  to  All  Children — Compulsory  Education. 

Sec.  1956.  The  public  schools  of  each  school  district  of 
the  state  shall  at  all  times  be  equally  free  and  accessible 
to  all  children  resident  therein  over  six  and  under  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years,  subject  to  such  regulations  as  the  district 
board  in  each  district  may  prescribe.  Every  parent,  guardian 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  37 

or  other  person  in  this  state  having  control  or  charge  of  any 
child  or  children  between  the  ages  of  seven  and  fourteen  years, 
inclusive,  shall  be  required  to  send  such  child  or  children  to  a 
public,  private  or  parochial  school,  or  to  two  or  more  of  these 
schools,  each  school  year,  during  the  entire  time  that  the  pub- 
lic school  shall  be  in  session  in  the  district  in  which  the  pupil 
resides.  Provided,  That  exceptions  may  be  made  in  the  fol- 
lowing cases:  (1)  Invalids  or  others  to  whom  the  school  room 
might  be  injurious,  may  upon  receipt  of  a  physician's  certifi- 
cate be  excused  by  the  district  board.  (2)  Pupils  to  whom  the 
provisions  of  this  act  might  work  a  hardship  may  be  excused 
by  the  written  consent  of  the  district  board  when  a  request 
stating  the  reason  for  such  excuse  is  presented  by  the  parent 
or  guardian  to  the  district  board.  (3)  Pupils  who  for  legal 
reasons  have  been  excluded  from  the  regular  schools  and  no 
provisions  made  for  the  schooling  of  such  children.  [S.  L. 
1  !><>!),  Ch.  31,  Sec.  1.] 

Truant  Officer — Duty. 

Sec.  1957.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sheriff  of  each  county 
and  of  every  deputy  sheriff  and  constable  within  their  respec- 
tive precincts  and  of  any  truant  officer,  if  there  be  any,  to 
see  that  the  provisions  of  sections  1956,  1957  and  1958  are  com- 
plied with,  and  when  from  personal  knowledge,  or  upon  reports 
or  complaints  of  any  resident  or  teacher  of  the  county,  or  pre- 
cinct, or  district  under  his  supervision,  he  believes  that  any 
child  subject  to  the  provisions  of  said  sections  is  habitually 
tardy  or  absent  from  school,  he  shall  immediately  give  written 
notice  to  the  parent,  guardian  or  custodian  of  such  child  that 
the  attendance  of  such  child  at  school  is  required  by  law,  and 
if  within  five  days  after  such  notice  such  parent,  guardian  or 
custodian  does  not  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  then 
such  officer  shall  make  and  file  complaint  against  such  parent, 
guardian  or  custodian  of  any  such  child  before  a  justice  of  the 
peace  of  the  proper  county,  or  the  district  court,  for  a  violation 
of  said  provisions.  Provided,  That  only  one  notice  shall  be 
required  as  to  any  child  in  any  one  year.  Any  such  parent, 
guardian  or  custodian  of  any  such  child  who  shall  violate  the 
provisions  of  said  sections,  and  after  receiving  such  notice  as 
aforesaid,  and  shall  fail  to  comply  with  the  provisions  thereof, 
shall  be  adjudged  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  and 
not  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  any  one  offense,  to  which 
may  be  added  in  the  discretion  of  the  court,  imprisonment  in 
the  county  jail  of  not  more  than  ninety  days  for  any  offense 
after  the  first.  Any  district  board  of  a  school  district  in  which 
there  is  located  a  city  or  town  of  more  than  2,500  inhabitants, 
may  appoint  a  regular  truant  officer  to  carry  out  the  pro- 


38  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

visions  of  said  sections,  who  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  district 
treasury  such  sum  as  shall  be  provided  in  the  order  for  his 
appointment,  not  exceeding,  however,  the  sum  of  four  dollars 
for  each  day  of  actual  service.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  93,  Sec.  2.] 

Enumeration — Delinquent  Pupils. 

Sec.  1958.  On  the  first  day  of  school  in  each  school  dis- 
trict it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  thereof  to  furnish  to  the 
sheriff  or  constable  within  the  proper  precinct,  a  list  of  the 
names  of  children  of  compulsory  school  age  within  the  district 
who  are  enumerated  on  the  regular  enumeration  lists.  At  the 
close  of  the  first  week  of  school  in  such  district,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  each  teacher  therein  to  send  to  the  county  superintend- 
ent of  schools  a  complete  list  of  pupils  attending  his  or  her 
school,  which  list  shall  be  immediately  forwarded  by  said 
county  superintendent  to  the  proper  sehriff,  deputy  sheriff, 
constable  or  truant  officer,  in  order  that  the  provision  of  this 
and  the  two  preceding  sections  may  be  duly  executed;  and  it 
shall  be  the  further  duty  of  the  teacher,  or  principal,  if  there 
be  any,  when  a  pupil  has  been  absent  for  three  consecutive 
days,  for  which  absence  there  has  been,  in  the  teacher's  judg- 
ment, no  good  reason  assigned,  or  when  a  pupil  is  habitually 
absent  or  tardy,  to  make  written  report  to  the  truant  officer 
of  the  district  concerning  such  delinquency,  and  it  shall  then 
be  the  duty  of  said  officer  to  proceed  according  to  section 
1957.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  31,  Sec.  2.] 

Offenses  Defined— Penalty. 

Sec.  1959.  Any  person  who  shall  use  insulting  and  abusive 
language  to  and  toward  any  teacher  in  or  about  any  public 
school  house,  or  who  shall  wilfully  disturb  any  public  school 
or  district  meeting,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and,  upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
five  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

Any  person  who  shall  wilfully  break,  cut,  deface,  despoil,, 
injure,  damage  or  destroy  any  school  property,  or  who  shall 
cut,  mark,  write  or  otherwise  place  or  put  on,  or  cause  to 
be  placed  or  put  upon,  any  school  property,  any  language  or 
pictures  or  figures  or  signs  of  an  obscene  character,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars.  The  said  fines  shall  be  paid  into- the  treasury 
of  the  school  district  in  which  the  offense  was  committed. 
[S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  2,  Sees.  1-2.] 

School  Week  and  Month  Defined. 

Sec.  1960.  Five  days  shall  constitute  a  school  week,  and 
twenty  days  a  school  month ;  and  it  shall  be  understood  that 
school  is  not  to  be  kept  in  operation  on  Saturdays  or  any  holi- 


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day,  but  if  a  holiday  fall  upon  a  day  which  would  otherwise 
be  a  school  day,  it  shall  be  counted  as  though  taught.  [S.  L. 
1909,  Ch.  159.] 

School  Officers  Shall  Not  be  Agents  for  School  Supplies- 
Penalty. 

Sec.  1961.  Neither  the  state  superintendent,  or  any  per- 
son in  his  office,  nor  any  county  superintendent,  nor  school 
district  officer,  nor  any  officer  or  teacher  connected  with  any 
public  school,  shall  act  as  agent  or  solicitor  for  the  sale  of  any 
school  books,  maps,  charts,  school  library  books,  school  fur- 
niture, apparatus  or  stationery,  or  furnish  any  assistance  to, 
or  receive  any  reward  therefor,  from  any  author,  publisher, 
bookseller  or  dealer-,  doing  the  same.  Every  person  violating 
this  section  shall  forfeit  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  be  liable  to  removal  from 

office  therefor.     [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  3,  Sec.  2.] 

• 

State  Treasurer  Shall  Keep  School  Fund. 

Sec.  1962.  The  state  treasurer  shall  keep  a  separate  fund 
to  be  known  as  the  ' '  school  fund, ' '  and  all  moneys  appropri- 
ated  for  school  purposes  shall  be  kept  in  such  fund.  [S.  L.  1888, 
Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  3,  Sec.  3.] 

Physiology  and  Hygiene  Shall  Be  Taught. 

Sec.  1963.  Physiology  and  hygiene,  which  shall  include 
in  each  division  of  the  subject  special  reference  to  the  effects 
of  alcohol  and  narcotics  upon  the  human  system,  shall  be 
included  in  the  branches  taught  in  the  common  schools  of  the 
state,  and  shall  be  introduced  and  taught,  either  orally  or  by 
text-books,  in  all  departments  of  the  public  schools  above  the 
second  primary  grade,  and  in  all  educational  institutions  sup- 
ported wholly  or  in  part  by  the  state.  [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  3969.] 

Failure  to  Comply  With  Last  Section — Penalty. 

Sec.  1964.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  several  county 
and  city  superintendents  of  schools  in  the  state,  and  of  the 
secretary  of  the  board  of  directors  of  all  other  educational  in- 
stitutions receiving  aid  from  the  state,  to  report  to  the  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  any  failure  or  neglect 
on  the  part  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  any  school  district,  or 
the  board  of  directors  of  any  educational  institution  receiving 
aid  from  the  state,  to  make  proper  provision  for  the  teaching 
of  the  branches  mentioned  in  the  last  preceding  section  in 
any  or  all  of  the  schools  or  other  educational  institutions  un- 
der their  charge,  or  over  which  they  have  jurisdiction,  and 
such  failure  on  the  part  of  the  above  mentioned  officers,  so 
reported  and  satisfactorily  proved,  shall  be  deemed  sufficient 


4°  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

cause  for  withholding  the  warrant  for  the  district  appropria- 
tion of  school  money  to  which  such  school  district  or  edu- 
cational institution  would  otherwise  be  entitled.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3970.] 

Discrimination  on  Account  of  Sex  or  Religious  Belief  Pro- 
hibited. 

Sec.  1965.  In  the  employment  of  teachers  in  the  public 
schools  in  this  state,  no  discrimination  shall  be  made  in  the 
question  of  pay  on  account  of  sex,  nor  on  account  of  the  re- 
ligious belief  of  the  applicant  for  the  position  of  teacher,  when 
the  persons  are  equally  qualified,  and  the  labor  is  the  same. 
[S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  21.] 

Examinations  Required. 

Sec.  1966.  No  certificate  shall  be  granted  hereafter  to 
any  person  to  teach  in  the  schools  of  Wyoming,  who  shall  not 
pass  a  satisfactory  examination  in  physiology  and  hygiene,  with 
special  reference  to  the  effects  of  alcoholic  drinks,  stimulants 
and  narcotics  upon  the  human  system.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3972.] 

Note — This  is  interpreted  not  to  apply  to  those  who  have 
shown  that  efficiency  to  render  them  eligible  to  secure  cer- 
tificates without  examination. 

Teacher's  Report. 

Sec.  1967.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  teacher  of  every 
district  school,  or  graded  school,  to  make  out  and  file  with 
the  district  clerk,  at  the  expiration  of  each  term  of  the  school, 
a  full  report  of  the  whole  number  of  scholars  admitted  to 
the  school  during  such  term,  distinguishing  between  male  and 
female,  the  names  of  such  scholars,  the  number  of  days  each 
scholar  attended  the  same,  the  aggregate  number  of  days  of 
attendance  of  said  schools,  the  text-books  used,  the  branches 
taught  and  the  number  of  pupils  engaged  in  the  study  of  each 
of  said  branches.  Any  teacher  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to 
comply  with  the  requirements  of  this  section,  shall  forfeit  his 
or  her  wages  for  teaching  such  school,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
district  board.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3973.]  . 

Refusal  to  Deliver  Records  to  Successor — Penalty. 

Sec.  1968.  Every  school  district  clerk,  or  treasurer,  who 
shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  deliver  to  their  successors  in  office,  all 
records  and  books,  belonging  severally  to  their  offices,  shall 
be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3974.] 

Employment  of  Counsel. 

Sec.  1969.  In  all  cases  where  suits  may  be  instituted 
by,  or  against,  any  of  the  school  officers  contemplated  or  created 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  41 

by  law,  to  enforce  any  of  the  provisions  herein  contained, 
•counsel  may  be  employed,  if  necessary,  by  the  officer  insti- 
tuting the  suit,  and  the  expense  of  the  suit  shall  be  borne  by 
the  district,  county  or  state  in  whose  name,  or  against  whom, 
the  same  may  be  instituted.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3975.] 

Collection  and  Disposition  of  Fines. 

Sec.  1970.  All  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures  provided 
by  the  school  laws  may  be  recovered  by  action  in  the  name  of 
tin-  people  of  the  state  of  Wyoming,  for  the  use  of  the  proper 
school  district  or  county,  and  when  they  accrue,  belong  to  the 
respective  districts  or  counties  in  which  the  same  may  be  ac- 
crued ;  and  the  treasurer  of  such  districts,  and  the  county 
commissioners  of  such  counties  are  hereby  authorized  to  re- 
ceive and  apply  the  proceeds  of  such  forfeitures  as  the  interest 
of  the  permanent  fund  is  now,  or  may  hereafter  be,  applied. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3976.1 

Officer  Failing  to  Pay  Over  Money — Penalty. 

Sec.  1971.  Any  officer  or  person  collecting  or  receiving 
any  fines,  forfeitures  or  other  moneys  and  refusing  and  fail- 
ing to  pay  over  the  same  as  required  by  law,  shall  forfeit 
double  the  amount  so  withheld,  and  interest  thereon  at  the  rate 
of  five  per  cent,  per  month  during  the  time  of  so  withholding 
the  same.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3977.] 

Effect  of  Change  in  County  Boundaries  on  School  Districts. 

See.  1972.  If  by  any  act  of  the  state  legislature  changing 
the  boundary  line  or  lines  of  any  county  or  counties,  or  form- 
ing new  counties  from  counties  already  formed,  any  legally 
organized  school  district  is  or  has  been  separated  from  the 
county  to  which  it  then  belonged  and  is  or  has  been  joined  to 
another  county,  the  members  of  the  school  board  of  such 
school  district  so  separated  from  one  county  and  joined  to 
another  county,  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  until  the 
next  annual  school  election  following  said  change  in  county 
boundaries;  and  until  such  annual  school  election  said  school 
board  may  draw  the  public  school  funds  for  paying  teachers, 
or  other  necessary  legal  school  expenses  from  the  school  treas- 
ury of  the  county  to  which  said  school  district  formerly  be- 
longed, and  in  the  same  way  and  manner  as  said  board  would 
have  drawn  and  expended  said  public  moneys  had  no  change  in 
county  boundaries  been  made.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3978.] 

State  Treasurer  Authorized  to  Receive  Donations  for  Schools. 

Sec.  1973.  Whenever  the  state  of  Wyoming  shall  be  en- 
titled to  receive  any  moneys  or  funds  from  the  United  States 
of  America,  or  from  any  other  source  or  authority,  to  be  ex- 
pended for  the  benefit  of  the  public  schools  of  the  state,  or 


42  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

held  or  in  any  manner  applied  for  their  benefit,  the  state  treas- 
urer is  hereby  authorized  to  receive  and  receipt  for  such  moneys 
or  funds,  and  to  make  such  application  and  use  of  the  same 
as  may  be  required  by  law.  Should  such  moneys  or  funds  be 
donated  to  the  state,  and  should  the  act  of  donation  require 
such  moneys  or  funds  to  be  applied  or  held,  or  used  in  a  par- 
ticular manner,  they  shall  be  so  applied.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3981.] 

Liability  of  Treasurer  for  School  Money. 

Sec.  1974.  The  state  treasurer  shall  faithfully  account 
for  all  moneys  or  funds  received  pursuant  to  the  foregoing 
section,  and  he  and  his  sureties  upon  his  official  bond  shall  be 
liable  for  any  failure  to  so  account  for  such  moneys  or  funds. 

[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3982.] 

School  Board  May  Establish  Manual  Training  Schools. 

Sec.  1975.  The  school  board  of  any  district  in  the  state 
shall  have  power  to  establish  and  locate  industrial  and  manual 
training  schools,  in  connection  with  the  public  schools  of  said 
district.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  88.] 

Humane  Treatment  of  Animals  Taught. 

Sec.  1976.  There  shall  be  taught  in  the  public  schools  of 
Wyoming,  in  addition  to  the  other  branches  of  study  now 
prescribed,  a  system  of  humane  treatment  of  animals,  as  em- 
bodied in  the  laws  of  Wyoming;  such  instruction  to  consist 
of  not  less  than  two  lessons  of  ten  minutes  each  per  week. 
The  principal  or  teacher  of  every  school  shall  certify  in  his  or 
her  reports  that  such  instruction  has  been  given  in  the  school 
under  his  or  her  control.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  8.] 


DISTRICT  OFFICERS  AND  THEIR  DUTIES. 

Director  to  Preside  at  Meetings  and  Countersign  Orders. 

Sec.  1977. .  The  director,  when  present,  shall  preside  at 
all  meetings  of  the  board  of  the  district,  and  countersign  all 
orders  on  the  treasury  for  the  payment  of  money.  [R.  S.  1887,. 
Sec.  3951.] 

How  Drafts  and  Orders  Drawn. 

Sec.  1978.  All  drafts  and  orders  drawn  on  the  district 
treasurer,  as  required  in  the  foregoing  section,  shall  specify 
the  funds  on  which  they  are  drawn,  and  the  use  for  which 
the  money  is  designated,  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  district 
clerk.  [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  3952.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  43 

By  Whom  District  to  Appear  in  Actions. 

Sec.  1979.  The  director  shall  appear  in  behalf  of  his  dis- 
trict in  all  suits  brought  by  or  against  the  same ;  but  when 
he  is  individually  a  party,  this  duty  shall  be  performed  by  the 
clerk.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3953.  [ 

Duties  of  Clerk. 

Sec.  1980.  The  clerk  shall  record  all  the  proceedings  of 
the  board  and  of  the  district  meetings  in  books  to  be  kept 
for  that  purpose,  and  report  in  writing  to  the  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools  the  name  of  the  director  and  treasurer  im- 
mediately after  they  are  chosen  or  elected,  and  he  shall  pre- 
serve copies  of  all  reports  made  to  the  county  superintendent, 
and  shall  file  all  papers  transmitted  to  him,  by  school  officers 
or  other  persons,  pertaining  to  the  business  of  the  district,  and 
shall  sign  all  drafts,  warrants  and  orders  drawn  by  him.  [S.  L. 
1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  4.] 

Clerk  to  Certify  Debt  Limit. 

Sec.  1981 .  The  clerk  of  each  school  district  of  each  county 
shall  endorse  a  certificate  upon  every  bond  or  evidence  of  debt 
issued  pursuant  to  law,  that  the  same  is  within  the  lawful  debt 
limit  of  such  school  district,  and  is  issued  according  to. law.  He 
shall  sign  such  certificate  in  his  official  character.  [S.  L. 
1890-91,  Ch.  43,  Sec.  2.] 

Clerks  Shall  Keep  Accounts. 

Sec.  1982.  The  district  clerk  shall  keep  an  accurate  ac- 
count of  all  the  expenses  incurred  by  the  district,  and  shall 
present  the  same  to  the  district  board,  to  be  audited  and  paid 
as  herein  provided,  out  of  the  school  fund.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3955.] 

Notice  of  District  Meetings. 

Sec.  1983.  The  district  clerk  shall  give  ten  days  previous 
notice  of  all  regular  and  special  meetings  of  the  district, 
herein  authorized,  by  posting  up  a  written  notice  in  three  dif- 
ferent places  therein,  and  shall  furnish  a  copy  of  the  same  to 
the  teachers  of  each  school  in  the  district,  to  be  read  once  in 
the  presence  of  the  pupils  thereof.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3956.] 

Duty— District  Clerk. 

Sec.  1984.  The  district  clerk  sh'all  immediately  after  the 
annual  school  meeting  and  not  later  than  the  fourth  Monday 
in  May  in  each  year,  submit  a  report  to  the  county  superin- 
tendent for  the  past  year  ending  April  30th  next  preceding. 

1.  Of  the  number  of  schools  taught  in  such  district,  the 
number  of  days  each  scholar  attended  the  same,  and  the  ag- 
gregate number  of  days  of  attendance  of  said  school  respec- 


44  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

tively,  as  certified  by  the  teachers  of  the  several  schools  of 
such  district. 

2.  The  number  of  schools  and  the  branches  taught  in 
each. 

3.  The  number  of  pupils  in  each  school,  and  of  each  sex. 

4.  The  number  of  teachers  employed  in  each  school  and 
the  average  compensation  of  each  per  month. 

5.  The  number  of  days  the  school  has  been  taught,  and 
by  whom. 

6.  The  average  cost  of  tuition  for  a  pupil,  per  month,  in 
each  school. 

7.  Books  used  in  each  school. 

8.  The  number  of  volumes  in  the  library  of  each  school. 

9.  The  aggregate  amount  paid  teachers  during  the  year, 
the  source  from  which  the  same  was  received,  and  the  amount 
of  teachers'  fund  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer. 

10.  The  number  of  district  school  houses  and  the  cost 
of  each. 

11.  The   amount   raised   in   the   district   by   tax   for   the 
erection  of  school  houses,  and  for  other  purposes  authorized 
by  law,   and   such   other   information  as   he   may   deem  use- 
ful.    [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  15,  Sec.  2.] 

Failure  to  Make  Report — Penalty. 

Sec.  1985.  Should  the  clerk  fail  to  file  his  report,  as  above 
directed,  he  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars,  and 
shall  be  liable  to  make  good  all  loss  resulting  to  the  district 
from  such  failure,  suit  to  be  brought  in  both  cases  by  the  di- 
rector, in  the  name  of  the  district,  on  his  official  bond.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3958.] 

Note — Local  authorities  may,  at  their  discretion,  require 
this  bond. 

Duties  of  the  Treasurer — Publication  of  Report. 

Sec.  1986.  The  treasurer  shall  have  the  custody  of  all 
moneys  belonging  to  the  district,  and  shall  pay  out  the  same 
upon  the  order  of  the  clerk,  countersigned  by  the  director ;  and 
shall  keep  an  account  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  thereof, 
in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose.  He  shall  cause  to  be  pub- 
lished in  some  newspaper  of  general  circulation  in  the  county 
wherein  such  school  -district  is  situate,  on  the  first  week  of 
July  in  each  year,  a  full  and  true  report  of  the  receipts  and 
disbursements  of  said  district  for  the  year  next  preceding  such 
report.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3959.] 

Teachers'  Fund. 

Sec.  1987.  The  moneys  for  the  payment  of  teachers  shall 
be  called  the  "teachers'  fund,"  and  the  treasurer  shall  keep 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  .45 

distinct  and  separate  accounts  with  them;  and  no  warrant 
for  money  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  which  does  not  specify 
the  fund  on  which  it  is  drawn,  and  the  specific  use  to  which  it 
is  to  be  applied.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3960.] 

School  House  Fund. 

Sec.  1988.  The  school  house  fund  shall  consist  only  of 
taxes  collected  in  the  district ;  and  all  other  school  moneys 
belonging  to  the  district  shall  go  to  the  teachers'  fund,  and 
shall  be  applied  to  no  other  use  except  to  pay  the  wages  of 
school  teachers  in  the  district.  [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  3961.] 

Treasurer  to  Receive  District  Money. 

Sec.  1989.  The  district  treasurer  shall  apply  for,  and  re- 
ceive all  money  apportioned  to  the  district,  by  the  county 
superintendent,  when  notified  of  said  apportionment.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3962.] 

Treasurer  to  Render  Statement  on  Request. 

Sec.  1990.  The  district  treasurer  shall  render  a  statement 
of  the  finances  of  the  district  as  shown  by  the  records  of  his 
office,  at  any  time  when  required  by  the  district  board.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3963.] 

Flag  to  Be  Displayed  on  School  House. 

Sec.  1991.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  trustees,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  such  district,  in  each  school  district  in  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  to  cause  the  American  flag  to  be  placed  in  a  proper 
and  suitable  manner  upon  each  school  house,  flag  staff  or 
tower,  in  such  respective  school  districts  in  the  state  of  Wyo- 
ming. And  they  shall  cause  said  flag  to  be  hoisted  upon  each 
of  said  school  house  or  school  houses,  flag  staff  or  tower,  in 
such  respective  districts,  during  the  time  when  school  shall  be 
in  session.  [S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  83,  Sec.  1.] 

Annual  Enumeration — Children. 

Sec.  1992.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
each  school  district  in  this  state  to  cause  to  be  made  during 
the  month  of  April  in  each  year  a  full  and  true  enumeration 
of  all  children  of  school  age,  to-wit :  those  between  the  ages 
of  six  and  twenty-one  years,  in  their  respective  districts. 
Such  enumeration  shall  be  in  duplicate  and  in  such  form  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  the  state  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction, and  shall  set  forth  and  state  the  name,  age,  sex 
and  residence  of  each  child  enumerated,  and  the  same  shall 
bear  a  certificate  signed  by  all  or  a  majority  of  the  trustees 
of  such  school  district  to  the  effect  that  it  has  been  examined 
by  the  board  of  trustees  of  such  district  and  found  to  be  ac- 
cording to  the  best  judgment  and  belief  of  the  subscribers  a 


46  .  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

full,  true  and  correct  enumeration  of  ail  the  children  of  school 
age  in  their  district.  One  of  the  duplicate  copies  of  said  enu- 
meration shall  be  filed  by  the  clerk  of  the  school  district  with 
the  other  papers  and  records'  of  the  district  in  his  custody  and 
the  other  shall  by  said  clerk  be  transmitted  to  the  county  su- 
perintendent of  schools  of  his  county  on  or  before  the  fourth 
Monday  of  May  in  each  year.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  41,  Sec.  1.] 

Employ  an  Enumerator. 

Sec.  1993.  The  board  of  trustees  of  each  district  shall,  if 
in  its  judgment  it  is  necessary  so  to  do,  have  power  to  em- 
ploy a  suitable  person  or  persons  for  such  time  as  may  be 
actually  necessary  to  make  such  enumeration  for  such  district 
and  return  the  same  to  the  said  board  •  such  person  so  em- 
ployed shall  before  commencing  the  making  of  such  enumera- 
tion take,  subscribe  and  file  with  the  district  clerk  an  oath 
in  writing  to  the  effect  that  he  will  faithfully,  diligently,  truly 
and  to  the  best  of  his  skill  and  ability  perform  his  duty  as  such 
enumerator.  [S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  2.] 

False  Enumeration — Penalty. 

Sec.  1994.  Any  trustee  of  any  school  district  or  any  enu- 
merator employed  to  make  or  assist  in  making  the  enumera- 
tion for  any  district  who  shall  knowingly  and  wilfully  make 
any  false  enumeration  of  the  children  of  school  age  in  such 
district  or  who  shall  certify  to  the  correctness. and  truthfulness 
of  any  such  enumeration  knowing  the  same  to  be  false,  in- 
correct and  untrue,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  on 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  or  be  imprisoned  in  the  county 
jail  not  less  than  ten  days  nor  more  than  thirty  days,  or  by 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 
[S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  3.] 

Failure  to  Enumerate — Penalty. 

Sec.  1995.  In  the  event  that  the  board  of  trustees  of  any 
school  district  should  fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to  make  or  cause 
to  be  made  such  enumerations  as  hereinbefore  provided  for 
in  the  event  that  the  clerk  of  any  district  shall  fail,  neglect 
or  refuse  to  transmit  to  the  county  superintendent  of  schools 
on  or  before  the  fourth  Monday  in  May  of  each  year  the  dupli- 
cate copy  of  the  enumeration  of  his  district  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  then  and  in  either  of  such  cases  it  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  to  cause 
such  enumeration  to  be  made  on  or  before  the  third  Monday 
in  June  following  at  the  expense  of  the  school,  district,  and 
to  that  end  the  said  superintendent  shall  have  all  the  power 
hereinbefore  conferred  upon  the  board  of  trustees  for  that 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  47 

purpose,  and  for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  expense  of  such 
enumeration  the  said  superintendent  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  issue  to  the  person  making  such  enumeration  an 
order  upon  such  school  district  for  the  amount  due  such  per- 
son and  upon  presentation -of  such  order  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  director  and  clerk  of  such  district  to  issue  a  warrant 
upon  the  treasurer  of  the  district  for  such  amount.  Provided, 
however,  That  in  the  event  that  such  enumeration  shall  be 
made  because  of  the  failure,  neglect  or  refusal  of  the  clerk 
of  the  district  to  transmit  a  duplicate  copy  of  an  enumeration 
which  had  been  made,  then  and  in  such  case  the  said  clerk 
shall  be  liable  to  his  school  district  for  the  cost  and  expense 
of  the  enumeration  made  by  the  county  superintendent,  and 
the  said  district  may,  by  an  action  at  law  recover  of  and  from 
such  defaulting  clerk  the  cost  thereof,  together  with  costs 
and  attorney's  fees.  Provided,  further,  That  if  such  enumera- 
tion by  the  county  superintendent  be  rendered  necessary  be- 
cause of  the  neglect  or  failure  or  default  of  any  members  of 
ihe  boa  I'd  of  trustees  in  the  performance  of  the  duties  by  this 
or  the  three  preceding  sections  enjoined  upon  them,  then  and 
in  such  case  such  defaulting  members  shall  be  jointly  and 
severally  liable  to  the  school  district  for  such  cost  and  expense; 
and. the  same,  together  with  costs  and  attorney's  fees,  may  be 
recovered  by  the  district  in  an  action  at  law  from  such  de- 
faulting members  of  the  board.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  41,  Sec.  2.] 

County  Superintendents — Duty — Report. 

Sec.  1996.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools  to  compile  the  said  reports  of  the  enu- 
meration of  children  of  school  age  in  the  several  school  dis- 
tricts of  his  county  reported  to  him  as  hereinbefore  provided 
and  therefrom  to  ascertain  and  determine  the  number  of  chil- 
dren of  school  age  in  his  county,  and  at  the  time  of  making 
his  annual  report  to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction he  shall  include  in  such  report  a  statement  of  the 
number  of  children  of  school  age  in  his  county  as  shown  by 
such  enumeration.  [S..L.  1903,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  5.] 

Distribution  of  State  School  Funds. 

Sec.  1997.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools  in  distributing  to  the  several  school  districts 
of  his  county  the  funds  or  moneys  apportioned  and  distri- 
br^ed  to  his  county  for  school  purposes  by  the  state  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction,  and  the  balance  of  the  moneys 
raised  by  the  general  school  tax  remaining  after  the  setting 
aside  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  to  each  school  district 
in  his  county  entitled  thereto  as  now  provided  by  law,  to  ap- 
portion the  same  to  each  school  district  in  his  county  pro  rata 


48  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

according  to  the  number  of  children  of  school  age  in  such  dis- 
trict as  set  forth  and  shown  by  the  enumeration  thereof  here- 
inbefore provided  for;  Provided,  however,  That  no  portion 
of  the  funds  apportioned  to  any  county  by  the  state  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  for  school  purposes  shall  be 
apportioned  by  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  to  any 
district  for  the  year  in  which  a  school  has  not  been  maintained 
for  at  least  three  months.  [S.  L  1903,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  6.] 

PUBLIC  KINDERGARTEN. 

Power  of  Trustees  to  Establish  Kindergarten. 

Sec.  1998.  The  board  of  trustees  of  any  school  district 
in  this  state  shall  have  power  to  establish  and  maintain  free 
kindergarten  schools  in  connection  with  the  public  schools 
of  their  district,  for  the  instruction  of  children  residing  in 
such  district  and  between  the  ages  of  four  and  six  years,  and 
shall  establish  such  courses  of  training,  study  and  discipline 
and  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  such 
kindergarten  schools  as  said  board  may  deem  advisable ;  Pro- 
vided, That  the  cost  of  establishing  and  maintaining  such  kin- 
dergarten schools  shall  be  paid  from  the  special  school  fund  of 
said  school  district,  and  the  gross  sum  to  be  so  expended  by-the 
said  board  for  such  kindergarten  schools  shall  be  annually 
fixed  and  determined  by  the  qualified  electors  of  such  district 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  such  electors.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  50, 
Sec.  1.] 

Shall  Be  Part  of  School  System — Teachers. 

Sec.  1999.  The  said  kindergarten  schools  shall  be  a  part 
of  the  public  school  system  and  governed  as  far  as  practicable 
in  the  same  manner  and  by  the  same  officers  as  is  now,  or  here- 
after may  be  provided  by  law,  for  the  government  of  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  this  state;  Provided,  however,  That  teachers 
of  the  kindergarten  schools  shall  be  the  holders  of  certificates 
or  diplomas  from  some  reputable  institution  for  the  training  of 
kindergarten  teachers,  and  shall  pass  such  other  examination 
and  possess  such  other  qualifications  as  may  be  required  by  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  district  employing  them.  [S.  L.  1895, 
Ch.  50,  Sec.  1.] 

Law  Not  Changed  in  Reference  to  Apportionment. 

Sec.  2000.  Nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be  so  construed  as 
to,  in  any  manner,  change  the  law,  as  it  now  exists,  with  ref- 
erence to  the  taking  of  the  census  of  the  school  population, 
or  the  apportionment  of  the  state  and  county  school  funds 
among  the  several  counties  and  districts  in  this  state.  [S.  L.. 
1895,  Ch.  50,  Sec.  1.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  .   49 

How  Carried  Into  Effect. 

Sec.  2001.  That  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  into  effect 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  quali- 
fied electors  of  any  school  district  in  the  state  at  the  annual 
meeting  held  under  the  provisions  of  existing  law,  to  vote 
such  sum  of  money  as  may  be  necessary  to  establish  and  main- 
tain such  kindergarten  schools,  during  the  school  year  next 
following  such  meeting,  such  sum  in  the  aggregate  not  to 
exceed  one  mill  upon  the  dollar  of  the  valuation  of  the  prop- 
erty in  the  district,  as  determined  by  the  next  preceding  an- 
nual assessment  thereof  for  the  purposes  of  taxation,  the  same 
to  he  certified,  levied,  collected  and  disbursed  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  is  now  provided  by  law  with  respect  to  the  special  school 
funds  of  the  several  school  districts  in  this  state.  [S.  L.  1895, 
Hi.  :>().  Sec.  2.] 

FREE  TEXT  BOOKS. 

Text  Books  in  Public  Schools. 

Sec.  2002.  The  board  of  school  directors  in  city  or  county 
are  hereby  empowered,  and  it  is  made  their  duty,  to  purchase 
rill  text-books  necessary  for  the  schools  of  such  city,  town  or 
district ;  and  they  are  further  authorized  to  enter  into  con- 
tract, as  hereinafter  provided,  with  the  publishers  of  such 
books  for  a  period  of  years,  not  to  exceed  five ;  Provided, 
That  the  contract  prices  of  such  books  shall  not  exceed  the 
lowest  price  then  granted  to  any  dealer,  state,  county,  township, 
school  district,  or  other  individual  or  corporation  in  the  United 
States,  to  be  determined  as  hereinafter  provided ;  and  Pro- 
vided, further,  That  such  contract  shall  guarantee  to  such 
district  any  further  reduction  that  may  be  granted  elsewhere 
during  the  life  of  such  contract.  Said  boards  are  hereby  em- 
powered to  purchase,  as  a  book  of  reference  for  use  in  their 
schools,  the  History  of  Wyoming,  in  three  volumes,  of  which 
C.  G.  Coutant  is  the  author,  and  l '  The  Sabbath  as  an  American 
War  Day,"  in  one  volume,  of  which  W.  P.  Carroll  is  the  author ; 
Provided,  That  the  price  paid  for  the  said  work  shall  not  ex- 
ceed the  price  paid  therefor  by  subscribers  generally.  Pro- 
vided, That  no  school  trustee  or  officer  of  the  district  shall  be 
interested  in  any  way  directly  or  indirectly  in  the  sale  of 
school  supplies  in  the  district  in  which  he  is  a  director.  [S.  L. 
1901,  Ch.  38.] 

Publishers  Must  File  Bond. 

Sec.  2003.  Before  any  publisher  of  school  books  shall 
be  permitted  to  enter  into  contract  with  any  school  district 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  he  shall  file  with  the  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction,  to  be  approved  by  him, 


50  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

a  good  and  sufficient  bond  in  the  sum  of  two  thousand  to 
twenty  thousand  dollars,  which  amount  shall  be  fixed  by  the 
state  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  the  conditions  of  such  contracts,  and  the  observ- 
ance of  the  requirements  of  this  chapter,  and  such  publisher 
shall  also  file  with  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion, a  sworn  statement  of  the  lowest  prices  for  which  his 
series  of  text-books  are  sold  anywhere  in  the  United  States ; 
and  a  failure  to  file  such  bond  and  sworn  statement  of  prices 
shall  be  a  good  and  valid  defense  on  the  part  of  the  district 
against  payment  for  any  books  that  may  be  sold  by  such  pub- 
lisher prior  to  the  date  of  filing  such  bond  and  sworn  state- 
ment of  prices ;  and  all  such  contracts  to  which  such  publisher 
is  a  party  made  prior  to  filing  such  bond  and  sworn  statement 
of  prices,  shall  be  null  and  void.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  2.] 

Books — Paid  for  from  Public  School  Land  Income  Fund. 

Sec.  2004.  .  The  books  to  be  purchased  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter  shall  be  paid  for  by  the  directors  of  the 
different  school  districts  of  the  state,  out  of  the  public  school 
land  income  fund,  when  the  same  shall  be  distributed  to  such 
districts  annually.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  11.] 

Books  Paid  for  by  Order  on  District  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2005.  For  the  purpose  of  paying  for  school  books, 
the  school  district  officers  may  draw  an  order  on  the  district 
treasurer  for  the  amount  of  school  books  ordered.  [S.  L.  1899, 

Ch.  29,  Sec.  3.] 

Orders— From  What  Funds  Paid. 

Sec.  2006.  The  district  treasurer  shall  pay  orders  drawn 
by  school  district  officers  for  the  purpose  of  school  books  out 
of  any  funds  in  his  hands  belonging  to  the  district,  except 
the  money  belonging  to  the  teachers'  fiind.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch. 

29,  Sec.  4.J 

Publisher  Becoming  Member  of  Trust  Nullifies  Contract. 

Sec.  2007.  Any  contract  entered  into  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  chapter  with  any  publisher  who  shall  hereafter  be- 
come a  party  to  any  combination  or  trust  for  the  purpose  of 
raising  the  price  of  school  text-books  shall,  at  the  wish  of  the 
school  board  of  the  district  using  such  books,  become  null  and 
void.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  5.] 

Duty  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Sec.  2008.  The  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction 
shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the  filing  of  the  hereinbefore 
mentioned  sworn  statement  of  prices  of  text-books,  have  the 
same  printed  and  forward  a  sufficient  number  of  certified  copies 
of  the  same  to  each  of  the  county  superintendents  of  the  state 


SCHOOL  L-\\vs  OF  WYOMINC,. 

to  furnish  all  the  school  districts  of  such  county  with  one  copy 
each;  and  the  county  superintendent  shall  immediately  after 
receiving  said  certified  copies  of  prices  of  books  send  or  de- 
liver one  of  such  certified  copies  to  the  director  or  secretary 
of  each  school  district  or  board  of  education  in  such  county, 
to  be  filed  as  a  part  of  the  records  of  such  district ;  and  he  shall 
also  file  one  of  said  certified  copies  of  prices  in  his  office  as  a 
part  of  the  records  of  said  office.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  6.] 

Superintendent  Must  Furnish  Form  of  Contract. 

Sec.  2009.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  superintendent 
of  public  instruction  to  prepare  and  have  printed  a  form  of  con- 
tract between  district  boards  and  publishers  of  school  books 
and  to  furnish  the  same  through  the  county  superintendent  to 
the  several  district  boards  of  the  state ;  and  no  other  form 
of  contract  shall  be  used  by  such  district  boards  and  publishers. 
[S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  7.] 

Attorney  General  Must  Investigate  Violation  of  Contracts. 

Sec.  2010.  Upon  the  filing  of  a  written  complaint  with 
the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  by  the  officers  of 
any  district  board,  charging  any  publisher  with  violating  the 
provisions  of  such  contract  as  hereinbefore  mentioned,  the 
attorney  general  is  hereby  instructed,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty, 
to  investigate  the  same,  and  if  he  finds  probable  cause  for 
action,  he  shall  immediately  begin  proceedings  in  the  name  of 
the  state  to  enforce  the  liability  on  the  bond  hereinbefore  men- 
tioned. [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  8.] 

Books  Property  of  District. 

Sec.  2011.  All  books  purchased  by  district  boards,  as  here- 
inbefore mentioned,  shall  be  held  as  the  property  of  the  dis- 
trict and  loaned  to  pupils  of  the  school  while  pursuing  a  course 
of  study  therein,  free  of  charge;  but  the  district  boards  shall 
hold  such  pupils  responsible  for  any  damage  to,  loss  of,  -or 
failure  to  return  such  books  at  the  time  and  to  the  person  that 
may  be  designated  by  the  board  of  such  district.  [S.  L.  1899, 
Ch.  29,  Sec.  9.] 

Pupils  May  Purchase  Books. 

Sec.  2012.  The  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  include  all 
school  supplies;  Provided,  That  nothing  in  this  chapter  shall 
be  construed  to  prohibit  any  pupil  or  parent  from  purchasing 
from  the  board  such  books  as  may  be  necessary,  at  cost  to  the 
district;  Provided,  further,  That  the  board  may  designate 
some  local  dealer  to  handle  books  for  the  district  with  such  an 
increase  above  contract  price  to  pay  cost  of  transportation  and 
handling,  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  said  board  and  said 
dealer.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  10.] 


52  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

TEACHERS. 
Board  of  Examiners. 

Sec.  2013.  There  shall  be  established  in  the  state  of  Wyo- 
ming a  state  board  of  examiners,  which  shall  be  composed  of 
three  members,  who  shall  be  selected  and  appointed  by  the 
state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  from  the  principals 
of  the  high  schools,  city  and  county  superintendents  and  the 
faculty  of  the  state  university  in  the  state.  The  board  shall 
receive  $5.00  a  day  while  actually  engaged  in  the  performance 
of  duty  and  also  their  actual  traveling  expenses  in  attend- 
ing meetings.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  to  meet  at 
least  annually  in  the  office  of  the  state  superintendent  of  public 
instruction  at  the  state  house  and  adopt  rules  and  regulations 
for  the  granting  of  certificates  to  teachers,  to  prepare  examina- 
tion questions,  which  shall  be  sent  to  the  county  superintend- 
ents of  the  several  counties,  where  examinations  shall  be  held  at 
least  twice  a  year ;  to  receive  all  papers  written  by  applicants 
for  certificates  in  the  various  counties  and  mark  such  papers, 
and  to  return  within  twTo  weeks  to  the  county  superintendent 
from  whose  county  the  papers  were  received,  the  result  of  such 
examinations  and  when  the  result  warrants,  to  recommend  to 
the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  that  he  issue  to 
the  applicant  a  certificate  of  the  proper  grade ;  to  keep  on  file 
for  one  year  in  the  office  of  the  state  superintendent  of  public 
instruction  at  the  state  house  all  examination  papers  and  all 
other  papers  pertaining  to  the  work  of  the  board,  which  shall 
be  open  at  all  times  to  the  inspection  of  the  public ;  to  recom- 
mend to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  the  is- 
suing of  five  regular  classes  of  certificates  as  follows,  to  be 
determined  by  the  qualifications  of  the  applicants  in  each  case : 

Third  Class.  The  applicant  shall  pass  an  examination  in 
the  following  subjects:  Orthography,  reading,  penmanship, 
arithmetic,  English  grammar,  geography,  United  States  his- 
tory, civil  government  of  the  United  States  and  Wyoming, 
physiology  and  hygiene,  securing  an  average  of  not  less  than 
70  per  cent  and  not  falling  below  50  per  cent  in  any  one  branch. 

Second  Class.  The  applicant  shall  pass  an  examination 
in  all  of  the  subjects  required  for  the  third  class  certificates 
with  the  following  additional  subjects:  Rhetoric  and  compo- 
sition, theory  and  practice  of  teaching,  securing  an  average 
grade  of  not  less  than  80  per  cent  and  not  falling  below  60 
per  cent  in  any  one  branch. 

First  Class.  The  applicant  shall  pass  an  examination  in  all 
of  the  subjects  required  for  the  second  class  certificate  with 
the  following  additional  subjects :  Elementary  algebra,  English 
and  American  literature,  elementary  psychology,  physical  ge- 
ography, and  any  two  or  more  of  the  following  subjects :  Plane 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  53 

geometry,  botany,  zoology,  chemistry,  general  history,  Latin, 
German,  political  economy,  bookkeeping,  shorthand,  securing 
an  average  of  not  less  than  80  per  cent  and  not  falling  below  60 
per  cent  in  any  one  branch.  An  applicant  for  this  class  of  cer- 
tificate must  have  had  not  less  than  one  school  year  of  suc- 
cessful experience  in  teaching. 

Professional  Second  Class.  The  applicant  shall  pass  an 
examination  in  the  same  subjects  as  those  required  for  the  first 
class  certificate  with  at  least  two  additional  electives  and  the 
following  subjects  in  addition  thereto :  School  management, 
pedagogy,  methods  and  history  of  education,  and  secure  the 
same  average  and  minimum  grades  as  those  required  for  first 
class  certificates.  Applicants  for  this  certificate  must  have  had 
not  less  than  two  years  of  successful  experience  in  teaching. 

Professional  First  Class.  The  applicant  at  the  time  of  his 
application  must  have  had  not  less  than  three  years  of  suc- 
cessful experience  in  teaching  and  must  have  previously  been 
granted  a  professional  second  class  certificate  and  pass  an, 
examination  upon  the  subjects  of  advanced  psychology  and 
school  supervision.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  1.] 

Recommend  Issuance  of  Certificates. 

Sec.  2014.  The  state  board  of  examiners  shall  upon  ap- 
plication recommend  to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction the  issuance  of  certificates  of  any  of  the  classes 
named  in  section  2013  to  the  following  persons  without  ex- 
amination : 

Third  Class.  Graduates  of  the  preparatory  school  of  the 
University  of  Wyoming  and  of  high  schools  in  the  state  of 
Wyoming  whose  diplomas  represent  the  completion  of  a  regu- 
lar four  years'  course  of  study  above  the  eighth  grade. 

Second  Class.  Graduates  of  the  preparatory  school  of  the 
University  of  Wyoming  and  of  high  schools  in  the  state  of 
Wyoming  whose  diplomas  represent  the  completion  of  a  regu- 
lar four  years'  course  of  study  above  the  eighth  grade,  who  in 
addition  thereto  have  successfully  pursued  a  course  of  study  in 
the  state  normal  school  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  for  a 
period  of  not  less  than  eighteen  weeks. 

First  Class.  Graduates  of  the  preparatory  school  of  the 
University  of  Wyoming  and  of  high  schools  in  the  state  of 
Wyoming  whose  diplomas  represent  the  completion  of  a  regu- 
lar four  years'  course  of  study  above  the  eighth  grade,  who  in 
addition  thereto  have  successfully  pursued  a  course  of  study 
in  the  state  normal  school  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  for  a 
period  of  not  less  than  one  year,  and  must  have  had  not  less 
than  one  year  of  successful  experience  in  teaching. 


54  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

Professional  Second  Class.  Graduates  of  the  state  nor- 
mal school  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  who  have  had  at 
least  one  year  of  successful  teaching. 

Professional  First  Class.  Graduates  of  the  college  of  lib- 
eral arts  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  who  have  elected  their 
major  subject  in  their  course  of  study  at  the  university  in  the 
departments  of  psychology  and  pedagogy,  said  major  being 
equal  to  at  least  one-fifth  of  the  entire  course  of  study  pur- 
sued, or  who  pass  a  satisfactory  examination  upon  the  pro- 
fessional subjects  required  for  a  professional  second  class 
certificate  and  who  have  had  at  least  two  years  of  successful 
experience  in  teaching.  Provided,  That  no  certificates  of  any 
class  shall  be  renewed  without  examinations  except  as  here- 
inafter provided  by  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  2.] 

Classes  of  Certificates. 

'Sec.  2015.  The  various  classes  of  certificates  named  in 
Section  2014  shall  be  valid  in  the  entire  state  of  Wyoming 
for  the  following  periods : 

Third  class,  one  year ;  second  class,  two  years ;  first  class, 
four  years;  professional  second  class  and  professional  first 
class  for  life.  Provided,  That  no  certificate  shall  be  granted  to 
any  person  under  seventeen  years  of  age  and  that  any  certifi- 
cate of  any  class  upon  recommendation  of  the  state  board  of 
examiners  may  be  revoked  by  the  state  superintendent  of  pub- 
lic instruction  for  gross  inefficiency  or  immoral  character. 
[S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  3.] 

Grades. 

Sec.  2016.  The  various  classes  of  certificates  named  in 
Section  2014  shall  be  valid  to  teach  in  the  schools  of  Wyo- 
ming as  follows:  Third  and  second  class  certificates  in  the 
common  schools  from  the  kindergarten  to  the  eighth  grade, 
inclusive ;  first  class  certificates  in  the  common  schools  from  the 
kindergarten  to  the  eighth  grade,  inclusive,  and  for  assistants 
in  high  schools  in  subjects  covered  by  the  examinations  and 
for  principals  and  superintendents  of  schools  having  no  high 
school  grades ;  professional  second  class  certificates  in  any  pub- 
lic school  and  for  principals  and  superintendents  of  schools 
having  not  more  than  a  two  year  high  school  course ;  profes- 
sional first  class  certificates  in  any  public  school  and  for  prin- 
cipals and  superintendents  of  schools  of  any  grade.  Provided, 
That  persons  now  holding  positions  in  this  state  as  principals 
and  superintendents  of  schools  having  high  schools  of  any 
grade  may  continue  to  teach  and  supervise  in  positions  of  the 
same  class  upon  any  certificate  of  as  high  grade  as  that  now 
held  by  the  said  person  until  July  1st,  1911.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch. 
33,  Sec.  4.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  55 

Special  Certificates. 

Sec.  2017.  The  state  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion upon  the  recommendation  of  the  state  board  of  examiners 
shall  issue  the  following  special  certificates : 

A  Temporary  Certificate.  An  applicant  for  this  class  of 
certificate  must  have  been  engaged  to  teach  a  school  in  the 
state  and  present  a  request  to  the  state  board  of  examiners 
for  this  class  of  certificate  from  a  member  of  the  school  board 
engaging  her  services,  endorsed  by  the  county  superintendent 
of  the  county  in  which  the  applicant  has  been  engaged  to  teach. 
Provided,  That  a  good  and  sufficient  reason  must  be  presented 
showing  why  such  temporary  certificate  should  be  granted  and 
that  this  class  of  certificate  is  good  only  until  the  next  regular 
examination. 

Diploma  Certificate.  This  certificate  shall  be  granted  to 
graduates  of  the  state  normal  school  and  of  the  college  of 
liberal  arts  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  for  the  period  named 
in  Section  2014  necessary  to  gain  the  experiences  required  for 
any  life  certificate. 

Special  Primary  Certificate.  This  certificate  shall  be 
granted  for  four  years  upon  the  following  qualifications  and 
shall  be  valid  to  teach  in  primary  and  kindergarten  grades, 
the  applicant  must  have  held  previously  two  certificates  of 
as  high  a  class  as  the  second  class  and  must  have  had  not  less 
than  four  years'  successful  experience  in  teaching  and  shall 
pass  an  examination  upon  primary  and  kindergarten  methods, 
elementary  psychology,  methods  and  school  management,  mak- 
ing an  average  of  not  less  than  75  per  cent  and  not  falling 
below  60  per  cent  in  any  one  branch. 

Special  Technical  Certificate.  This  certificate  shall  be 
valid  for  four  years  to  teach  special  technical  subjects.  <The 
applicant  shall  pass  an  examination  in  the  special  branches 
which  he  expects  to  teach,  making  an  average  of  not  less  than 
80  per  cent.  Provided,  That  this  certificate  may  be  granted 
without  examination  to  graduates  of  any  technical  school  or 
college  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  to  teach  subjects  cov- 
ered by  the  course  of  study  which  the  applicant  pursued  and 
that  it  may  be  renewable  for  life  for  such  applicant  upon  ex- 
amination in  professional  subjects  required  for  the  regular 
professional  second  class  certificate.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33, 
Sec.  5.] 

State  Board  of  Examiners  Shall  be  Judge. 

Sec.  2018.  Certificates  granted  in  other  states  and  of  as 
high  rank  as  the  first  or  second  class  certificates,  having  re- 
quirements equivalent  to  those  in  this  state  may  be  given  the 
same  validity  in  this  state.  The  state  board  of  examiners  shall 


56  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

be  the  judge  of  equivalency.  Exemption  certificates  granted 
to  gradiiates  of  the  state  normal  school  and  other  schools  of 
the  University  of  Wyoming,  may  be  granted  to  the  graduates 
of  other  normal  schools  and  colleges  of  equivalent  rank.  The 
state  board  of  examiners  shall  be  the  judge  of  equivalency. 
[S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  6.] 

Board  Discretionary  Power. 

Sec.  2019.  The  board  of  examiners  may  have  discretion- 
ary power  to  extend  the  first  and  second  class  certificates  upon 
the  completion  of  course  of  study  in  the  state  reading  circle, 
provided,  however,  that  no  certificate  shall  be  extended  for  a 
longer  period  than  that  for  which  it  was  originally  granted 
and  that  after  July  1st,  1911,  no  extension  shall  be  made  for 
more  than  two  years  at  a  time  and  that  the  examination  for 
each  year's  extension  must  be  based  upon  the  reading  of  not 
fewer  than  two  books.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  7.] 

Certificate  Necessary  for  Compensation. 

Sec.  2020.  No  person  shall  teach  or  supervise  a  public 
school  in  the  state  of  Wyoming  and  receive  compensation 
therefor  out  of  any  public  fund  who  at  the  time  of  rendering 
such  services  is  not  a  holder  of  a  certificate  granted  under  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33;  Sec.  8.] 

Examiners  Recommend  List  of  Books. 

Sec.  2021.  It  shall  be  the  further  work  of  the  state  board 
of  examiners  to  recommend  annually  a  list  of  books  for  the 
state  reading  circle  for  teachers  and  also  a  list  of  books  suit- 
able for  general  reading  for  pupils  of  the  various  grades.  [S. 
L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  9.] 

Register  Their  Certificates. 

Sec.  2022.  Teachers  who  contract  to  teach  in  any  county 
of  the  state  of  Wyoming  and  who  secure  a  certificate  of  any 
class  from  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall 
in  every  case  register  their  certificates  in  the  office  of  the  county 
superintendent  of  schools  of  said  county  before  beginning  to 
teach  therein.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  10.] 

Fees. 

Sec.  2023.  Every  applicant  for  a  certificate  of  any  class 
to  be  granted  upon  examination  or  by  exemption  or  renewal 
shall  pay  to  the  state  board  of  examiners  the  following  fee : 

Temporary  certificates   $  .50 

Second  and  third  class  certificates  and 

special  certificates   1.00 

First  and  professional  certificates 1.50 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  57 

These  fees  shall  be  collected  by  the  county  superintendent 
of  schools  at  the  time  of  taking  the  examination,  or  at  the 
time  of  making  application  for  a  certificate.  The  county  su- 
perintendent of  schools  shall  transmit  to  the  secretary  of  the 
state  board  of  examiners  all  fees  collected,  as  provided  by  this 
section,  who  shall  issue  his  receipt  therefor  in  duplicate,  the 
original  to  be  forwarded  to  the  county  superintendent  and  the 
duplicate  to  be  transmitted  to  the  state  superintendent  of 
public  instruction.  The  fees  received  by  the  state  board  of  ex- 
aminers shall  be  paid  to  the  state  treasurer  and  by  him  cred- 
ited to  the  general  fund  of  the  state.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec, 
11.] 

Duty  Secretary  of  Board. 

Sec.  2024.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  the 
state  board  of  examiners  to  give  bond  of  not  less  than  $1,000, 
for  tlie  faithful  performance  of  his  duties,  the  expense  of  said 
bond  to  l)e  borne  out  of  the  funds  appropriated  for  the  support 
of  the  state  board  of  examiners,  said  bond  to  be  approved  as 
other  state  bonds.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  12.] 

Temporary  Certificates. 

See.  2025.  A  teacher  contracting  to  begin  a  school  in 
the  interim  of  examinations  and  not  holding  any  certificate  to 
teaeli  in  this  state  may  make  an  application  for  a  temporary 
certificate  as  provided  in  section  2017 ;  and  in  the  meantime 
the  county  superintendent  of  schools  of  the  county  in  which 
the  applicant  proposes  to  teach  may  issue  to  such  an  appli- 
cant a  permit  to  proceed  to  teach  legally  in  said  school  for  a 
period  long  enough  for  the  state  board  of  examiners  to  act 
upon  such  application.  Provided,  That  no  such  permit  shall 
be  valid  unless  an  application  for  a  certificate  shall  be  made 
to  the  state  board  of  examiners  of  even  or  preceding  date  and 
that  said  permit  shall  state  the  fact  of  such  application  therein. 
[S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  13.] 

Certificates — How  Issued. 

Sec.  2026.  The  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall 
issue  to  teachers  certificates  of  the  proper  grade  on  recom- 
mendation of  the  state  board  of  examiners,  which  certificate 
shall  entitle  the  holder  to  teach  in  Wyoming  for  the  time 
fixed  by  law  for  that  particular  class  of  certificate.  [S.  L. 
1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  14.] 

Annual  Report. 

Sec.  2027.  The  state  board  of  examiners  shall  make  an 
annual  report  to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction 
covering  such  points  as  the  state  superintendent  may  require. 
[S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  15.] 


58  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

SCHOOL  DISTRICT  BONDS. 

Note. — School  trustees  are  urged  when  considering  the 
issuance  of  school  bonds,  to  consult  with  local  attorneys. 

Authority  to  Call  Election  to  Determine  Issue. 

Sec.  2028.  The  board  of  school  trustees  of  any  school  dis- 
trict may,  whenever  a  majority  thereof  so  decide,  submit  to 
the  electors  of  the  district  the  question  whether  the  board  shall 
be  authorized  to  issue  the  coupon  bonds  of  the  district  to  a 
certain  amount,  not  to  exceed  two  per  cent,  of  the  taxable 
property  in  said  district,  and  bearing  a  certain  rate  of  interest, 
not  exceeding  six  per  cent,  per  annum,  and  payable  and  re- 
deemable at  a  certain  time,  not  exceeding  twenty-five  years, 
for  the  purpose  of  building  one  or  more  school  houses  in  said 
district,  and  providing  the  same  with  necessary  furniture,  and 
funding  outstanding  indebtedness  evidenced  by  warrant  or 
otherwise,  against  said  district.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  41.] 

Bond  Election — Issue  of  Bonds. 

Sec.  2029.  Such  elections  must  be  held  in  the  manner 
prescribed  for  general  or  special  elections  in  school  districts,, 
and  the  ballots  must  contain  the  words,  " Bonds,  yes";  or 
"Bonds,  no."  If  the  majority  of  the  votes  at  such  election 
are,  "Bonds,  yes,"  the  board  of  trustees  must  issue  such  bonds 
in  such  form  as  the  board  may  direct ;  they  must  bear  the- 
signatures  of  the  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  and  be 
countersigned  by  the  clerk  of  the  school  district,  and  bear  the 
district  seal  and  be  countersigned  by  the  county  treasurer,  and 
the  coupon  attached  to  the  bonds  must  be  signed  by  the  presi- 
dent and  clerk  and  the  county  treasurer.  And  each  bond  so 
issued  must  be  registered  by  the  county  treasurer  in  a  book 
provided  for  that  purpose,  which  must  show  the  number  and 
amount  of  each  bond,  and  the  person  to  whom  the  same  is 
issued,  and  the  said  bonds  must  be  sold  by  the  said  school 
trustees,  as  provided  in  section  two  thousand  and  thirty.  [S.  L. 
1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  2.] 

Sale  of  Bonds — Application  of  Proceeds. 

Sec.  2030.  The  school  trustees  must  give  notice  in  some 
newspaper  of  general  circulation,  published  in  the  capital  of 
this  state,  and  also  in  some  newspaper  published  in  the  county 
in  which  said  school  district  is  located,  for  a  period  of  not  less 
than  four  weeks,  to  the  effect  that  the  said  school  trustees  will 
sell  said  bonds,  briefly  describing  the  same,  and  the  time  and 
place  where  such  sale  will  take  place ;  Provided,  That  the  said 
bonds  must  not  be  sold  for  less  than  their  par  value,  and  the 
said  trustees  are  authorized  to  reject  any  bids,  and  to  sell  said 
bonds  at  private  sale,  if  they  deem  it  for  the  best  interests  of 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  59 

the  district ;  and  all  money  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds 
must  be  paid  forthwith  into  the  treasury  of  the  county  in  which 
said  district  may  be  located,  to  the  credit  of  said  district,  and 
the  same  shall  be  immediately  available  for  the  purpose  of 
building  or  providing  the  school  house,  or  school  houses,  au- 
thorized by  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  3.] 

Pledge  for  Payment. 

Sec.  2031.  The  faith  of  each  school  district  is  solemnly 
pledged  for  the  payment  of  the  interest,  and  the  redemption 
of  the  principal  of  all  bonds  which  are  issued  under  this 
chapter.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  4.] 

Tax  Levy  to  Redeem  and  Pay  Interest. 

Sec.  2032.  The  board  of  county  commissioners  of  the 
proper  county  of  each  district  must  ascertain  and  levy  an- 
nually, the  tax  necessary  to  pay  the  interest  as  it  becomes  due, 
and  a  sinking  fund  to  redeem  the  said  bonds  at  their  maturity ; 
and  said  tax  is  a  lien  upon  the  property  in  said  school  district, 
and  must  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  other  taxes  for 
school  purposes.  Said  tax  shall  be  known  as  "district  bond 
tax  of  school  district  No "  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  5.] 

Redemption. 

Sec.  2033.  When  the  sum  in  the  sinking  fund  equals  or 
exceeds  the  amount  of  any  bond  then  due,  the  county  treasurer 
shall  post  in  his  office,  a  notice  that  he  will,  within  thirty  days 
from  the  date  of  such  notice,  redeem  the  bonds  then  payable, 
giving  the  number  thereof,  and  the  preference  must  be  given 
to  the  oldest  issue ;  and  if,  at  the  expiration  of  the  said  thirty 
days  the  holder  or  holders  of  said  bonds  shall  fail  or  neglect 
to  present  the  same  for  payment,  interest  thereon  must  cease ; 
but  the  treasurer  shall,  at  all  times  thereafter,  be  ready  to  re- 
deem the  same  on  presentation,  and  when  any  bonds  are  so 
purchased  or  redeemed,  the  county  treasurer  must  cancel  the 
same  by  writing  across  the  face  of  each  bond  in  red  ink,  the 
word  "cancelled,"  and  the  date  of  such  cancellation.  The  an- 
nual interest  on  all  of  said  bonds  shall  be  payable  at  the  office 
of  the  treasurer  of  the  proper  county  on  the  first  and  ten  suc- 
ceeding days  of  January  in  each  year.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72, 
Sec.  6.] 

Payment  of  Interest. 

Sec.  2034.  The  county  treasurer  may  pay  out  of  any 
moneys  belonging  to  a  school  district  tax  fund,  the  interest 
upon  any  bonds  issued  under  this  chapter  by  such  school  dis- 
trict, when  the  same  becomes  due,  upon  the  presentation  at  his 
office  of  the  proper  coupon,  which  must  show  the  amount  due, 
and  the  number  of  the  bond  to  which  it  belonged,  and  all  cou- 


60  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

pons  so  paid,  must  be  reported  to  the  school  trustees  at  their 
first  regular  meeting  thereafter.     [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  7.] 

Preparation  of  Bonds. 

Sec.  2035.  The  school  trustees  of  any  district  shall  cause 
to  be  printed  or  lithographed  at  the  lowest  rates,  suitable 
bonds,  with  the  coupons  attached,  when  the  same  become  neces- 
sary, and  pay  therefor  out  of  any  moneys  in  their  treasury. 

[S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  8.] 

Penalty  for  Misapplication  of  Funds  by  Trustees. 

Sec.  2036.  If  any  of  the  school  trustees  fraudulently  fail 
or  refuse  to  pay  into  the  proper  county  treasury  the  money 
arising  from  the  sale  of  any  bonds  provided  for  by  this  chapter, 
they  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  felony,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof,  be  punished  by  imprisonment  in  the  state  penitentiary 
for  a  term  of  not  less  than  one  year,  nor  more  than  ten  years. 
[S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  9.] 

County  Treasurer  Shall  Have  Custody  of  Funds. 

Sec.  2037.  The  county  treasurer  of  such  county  shall  have 
the  custody  of  all  funds  realized  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds, 
until  the  same  are  drawn  out  by  the  order  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  said  districts.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  10.] 

Additional  Bond  of  County  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2038.  The  board  of  trustees  of  said  district  shall  re- 
quire the  said  county  treasurer  to  give  said  district  a  separate 
bond  in  such  sum  as  said  board  may  deem  proper,  with  two 
or  more  sufficient  sureties,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  the  duties  required  of  him  by  this  chapter,  and  the 
faithful  accounting  for  the  moneys  deposited  with  him  and 
realized  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  as  herein  provided  for,  and 
such  bonds  shall  be  .approved  by  said  board  and  shall  be  and 
remain  in  the  custody  of  said  board  of  trustees.  [S.  L.  1888, 
Ch.  72,  Sec.  11.] 

REFUNDING  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  BONDS. 

Power  of  Board  to  Issue  Refunding  Bonds. 

Sec.  2039.  The  board  of  directors  of  each  and  every  school 
district  in  the  state  of  Wyoming  are  hereby  authorized  to  issue 
refunding  bonds  of  such  school  district,  for  the  purpose  of 
taking  up  outstanding  bonds  of  such  school  district,  for  any 
sum  not  exceeding  the  amount  of  outstanding  bonds ;  Pro- 
vided, That  the  qualified  electors  of  any  school  district  shall 
so  elect  and  determine  at  any  regular  meeting,  or  at  any  special 
meeting,  held  for  such  purpose.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  1.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  6r 

Form  of  Bond,  Time  and  Interest. 

Sec.  2040.  Said  bonds  shall  be  issued  in  sums  of  not  less 
than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be  redeemed  by  the  school 
district  issuing  the  same  within  a  period  not  exceeding  thirty 
years,  and  not  less  than  five  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  and 
shall  bear  interest  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  six  per  centum  per 
annum,  on  each  dollar  of  their  face,  which  interest  shall  be 
payable  annually  or  semi-annually,  the  rate  of  interest  to  be 
determined  by  the  board  of  school  directors.  Such  bonds  shall 
be  numbered  from  one  upwards,  and  be  headed  "Refunding 

bonds  of  school  district  No ,  in  the  county  of ,. 

state  of  Wyoming";  and  before  being  issued  shall  be  reg- 
istered by  the  treasurer  of  the  county,  within  which  such 
school  district  is  situated.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  2.] 

Registration  of  Bond. 

Sec.  2041.  The  county  treasurer  of  each  county  shall  keep 
a  book  in  which  shall  be  registered  all  such  bonds,  showing 
the  number  of  the  bond,  the  date  of  issue,  amount,  number  of 
coupons,  date  of  redemption,  date  of  registry  and  payment  of 
interest  on  such  bonds,  which  book  shall,  during  business 
hours  be  open  for  inspection.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  3.] 

By  Whom  Signed  and  Sale  Thereof. 

Sec.  2042.  All  bonds  so  issued  shall  be  signed  by  the 
presiding  officer  of  the  board  of  directors  of  such  school  dis- 
trict, countersigned  by  the  county  treasurer  of  the  county  in 
which  such  school  district  is  situated,  and  attested  by  the  clerk 
of  such  school  district,  with  the  seal  of  such  school  district  at- 
tached ;  and  none  of  such  bonds  shall  be  sold  for  less  than  their 
face  value,  and  shall  not  be  sold  until  thirty  days'  notice  shall 
have  been  given  in  some  newspaper  of  general  circulation  in 
the  state  of  Wyoming.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  4.] 

Coupons — Where  Paid. 

Sec.  2043.  Said  bonds  shall  have  coupons  attached,  rep- 
resenting the  interest  to  be  paid  each  year,  and  the  coupons 
representing  said  interest  shall  be  detached  from  the  bonds 
before  presentation  for  payment  of  the  interest  for  the  year 
corresponding,  and  upon  payment  shall  be  forthwith  cancelled 
by  the  county  treasurer,  by  writing  the  word  "cancelled" 
across  the  face  thereof.  The  interst  on  all  such  bonds  shall 
be  payable  at  the  office  of  the  county  treasurer  of  the  county 
in  which  such  school  district  issuing  such  bonds  is  situated, 
or  in  any  place  designated  by  the  board  of  school  directors  of 
such  school  district.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  5.] 


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Tax  to  Pay  Interest  and  Principal. 

Sec.  2044.  There  shall  be  annually  levied  by  the  board 
of  county  commissioners  "of  the  county,  within  which  is  situated 
any  school  district  issuing  any  such  bonds,  as  are  herein  pro- 
vided for,  on  all  taxable  property  within  the  limits  of  said 
school  district,  a  tax  not  to  exceed  seven  mills  on  the  dollar  of 
valuation,  which  shall  be  known  as  the  "Refunding  bond  fund 

of  school  district  No "     Said  tax  shall  be  payable  only 

in  the  lawful  money  of  the  United  States,  and  shall  be  used  to 
pay  the  interest  and  principal  of  said  bonds,  and  for  no  other 
purpose,  and  said  tax  shall  be  collected  in  the  same  manner, 
and  at  the  same  time  as  the  county  taxes,  and  paid  into  the 
county  treasury  by  the  collector  of  taxes.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch. 
10,  Sec.  6.] 

Duty  of  School  Directors  as  to  Redemption. 

Sec.  2045.  The  board  of  school  directors  of  any  school 
district,  which  may  issue  bonds,  as  provided  in  this  chapter, 
shall  each  year,  after  the  tenth  year,  retire  as  many  of  such 
bonds  as  can  be  redeemed,  with  the  amount  of  said  bond  fund 
at  the  time  in  the  hands  of  the  county  treasurer,  and  in  all  such 
cases,  such  bonds  shall  be  redeemed  by  the  payment  of  number 
one  first,  and  proceeding  continuously  upwards  with  those  out- 
standing. All  cancelled  bonds  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  board 
of  directors  at  such  times  as  they  may  direct.  [S.  L.  1893, 
Ch.  10,  Sec.  7.] 

Property  in  District  Pledged  for  Payment. 

Sec.  2046.  All  taxable  property  of  any  school  district  is- 
suing bonds,  as  herein  provided  for,  at  the  time  of  issuing 
such  bonds,  shall  be  pledged  for  the  payment  of  the  principal 
and  interest  of  such  bonds  in  the  manner  herein  provided,  and 
it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  use  or  divert  any  portion  of  such  bond 
fund  for  any  purpose  whatever,  except  for  the  payment  of  such 
principal  and  interest.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  8.] 

Duty  of  County  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2047.  The  county  treasurer  of  each  county  in  which 
any  school  district,  issuing  bonds  as  herein  provided  for,  is 
situated,  shall  have  custody  of  all  funds  realized  from  the  sale 
of  such  bonds,  and  shall  pay  the  same  out  only  upon  the  return 
of  such  bonds,  for  the  redemption  of  which  the  refunding 
bonds,  for  the  issue  of  which  this  chapter  provides,  may  have 
been  issued.  Such  bonds  so  redeemed  shall  be  cancelled  by 
the  county  treasurer  and  turned  over  to  the  board  of  school 
directors  of  the  school  district  which  issued  said  redeemed 
bonds  at  such  time  as  they  may  direct.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  county  treasurer  to  give  a  separate  bond  to  be  made  to 


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sucti  school  district,  in  such  sum  and  with  such  sureties  as  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  of  the  county  may  deem  proper 
and  sufficient,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  accounting  of  the 
moneys  deposited  with  him  and  realized  from  the  sale  of  such 
bonds  as  are  herein  provided  for,  and  such  treasurer's  separate 
bond  shall  be  and  remain  in  the  custody  of  the  county  clerk  of 
the  county  in  which  such  school  district  is  situated.  [S.  L. 
18M.  Ch.  10,  Sec.  9.] 

Funds  Realized  from  Sale  of  Refunding  Bonds. 

Sec.  2048.  'Whenever  any  school  district  shall  have  is- 
sued its  refunding  bonds,  and  the  funds  realized  from  the  sale 
of  such  refunding  bonds,  by  reason  of  such  bonds  selling  for 
more  than  their  par  value,  are  more  than  sufficient  to  redeem 
all  the  bonds,  to  redeem  which  said  refunding  bonds  were  is- 
sued, such  surplus  may  be  used:  First,  to  pay  all  the  expense 
of  issuing  and  disposing  of  said  refunding  bonds.  Second, 
any  surplus  still  remaining  shall  be  turned  by  the  county  treas- 
urer into  the  "Refunding  bond  fund"  of  such  school  district, 
and  used  for  the  purposes  for  which  such  fund  is  used  as  pro- 
vided in  section  two  thousand  and  forty-four.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch. 
10,  Sec.  ].] 

Balance  in  the  Hands  of  County  Treasurer — How  Used. 

Sec.  '204!).  Whenever  any  school  district  shall  have  issued 
its  refunding  bonds  and  there  remains  in  the  hands  of  the 
Bounty  treasurer  of  the  county  in  which  said  school  district 
is  situated,  any  moneys  belonging  to  the  funds  provided  by 
law  for  1he  payment  of  the  principal  or  interest,  or  both,  of 
the  bonds  to  redeem  which  said  refunding  bonds  were  issued, 
said  money  may  be  used:  First,  to  pay  any  deficiency  in  the 
expenses  of  issuing  and  disposing  of  said  refunding  bonds  that 
cannot  be  paid  by  the  surplus  realized  from  the  sale  of  said  re- 
funding bonds.  Second,  any  moneys  still  remaining  in  said 
fund  shall  be  turned  by  said  county  treasurer  into  the  "Refund- 
ing bond  fund"  of  such  school  district  and  used  for  the  pur- 
poses for  which  such  fund  is  used  as  provided  in  section  two 
thousand  and  forty-four.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  2.] 

Surplus — How  Used. 

Sec.  2050.  The  county  treasurer  of  any  county  in  which 
is  situated  a  school  district  that  may  issue  refunding  bonds, 
is  hereby  authorized  and  required  to  pay  out  the  surplus 
moneys  derived  from  the  sale  of  any  such  refunding  bonds,  or 
the  surplus  moneys  remaining  in  the  old  fund  for  the  expenses 
incurred  by  such  school  district  in  issuing  and  disposing  of 
such  refunding  bonds  on  orders  of  the  school  board  of  such 
school  district,  which  orders  shall  state  on  their  face  that  the 


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money  to  be  so  paid  was  a  legitimate  expense  incurred  in  the 
issue  and  sale  of  such  refunding  bonds.  When  all  of  such  ex- 
pense has  been  paid  by  the  issue  of  such  orders  or  otherwise, 
the  board  of  directors  shall,  over  the  seal  of  said  district,  no- 
tify said  county  treasurer  of  the  fact  that  all  the  expense  in- 
curred in  the  issue  and  sale  of  such  refunding  bonds  has  been 
paid,  whereupon  said  treasurer  shall  immediately  transfer  all 
moneys  remaining  in  his  hands  applicable  to  the  payment  of 
interest  or  principal  of  the  old  bonds  to  the  "Refunding  bond 
fund"  of  such  school  district;  Provided,  however,  That  all 
the  bonds  to  redeem  which  said  refunding  bonds  were  issued 
have  already  been  paid.  [S..  L.  1895,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  3.] 

HIGH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

High  School  Districts. 

Sec.  2051.  That  for  the  purpose  of  affording  better  edu- 
cational facilities  for  pupils  more  advanced  than  the  studies 
provided  in  the  district  schools  existing  in  the  several  coun- 
ties in  this  state,  and  in  addition  to  such  school  districts  as 
are  now  organized,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  formed  under 
the  laws  for  the  creation  and  formation  of  the  same,  there  may 
be  organized  and  established  a  high  school  district  and  a  free 
high  school  therein  on  conditions  and  in  the  manner  herein- 
after prescribed,  the  territorial  extent  of  which  may  embrace 
any  number  of  present  organized  and  constituted  school  dis- 
tricts, the  qualified  electors  of  which  may  vote  to  become  a  part 
of  such  high  school  district  and  participate  in  the  maintenance 
and  benefits  of  such  high  school  organization.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch. 
67,  Sec.  1.] 

Body  Corporate. 

Sec.  2052.  Each  high  school  district  which  may  be  formed 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a 

body  corporate  by  the  name  and  style  of  "..... 

High  School,  State  of  Wyoming,"  and  in  that  name  it  may 
hold  property  and  be  a  party  to  suits  and  contracts.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  1.] 

How  Formed. 

Sec.  2053.  Whenever  one  hundred  freeholders  in  any  ter.- 
ritory  sought  to  be  organized  into  a  high  school  district  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  a  portion  of  which  shall  be  free- 
holders of  each  school  district  intended  to  be  embraced  within 
such  high  school  district,  shall  petition  the  board  of  county 
commissioners  of  the  county  within  which  such  territory  is. 
requesting  the  organization  and  establishment  of  a  high  school 
district  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  defining  the  bound- 


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aries  thereof,  and  describing  the  lands  to  be  embraced  therein, 
by  townships  and  ranges  or  fractions  of  townships,  the  board 
shall,  at  their  first  meeting  thereafter,  give  twenty  days'  notice 
by  publication  in  the  official  paper  of  said  county  that  the  ques- 
tion of  the  creation  of  such  high  school  district  will  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  electors  of  the  territory  so  to  be  embraced  in  such 
high  school  district  at  a  designated  time,  not  to  exceed  thirty 
days  from  the  expiration  of  the  said  twenty  days'  notice, 
whether  such  high  school  district  shall  be  created  and  estab- 
lished. In  addition  to  said  notice,  the  trustees  in  the  several 
school  districts  embraced  within  such  territory  thus  to  be  or- 
ganized into  such  high  school  district,  shall  be  notified  by  such 
board  of  county  commissioners  of  the  holding  of  said  election 
immediately  after  the  first  publication  of  the  notice  provided 
for  in  this  section.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  school 
trustees  to  post  a  copy  of  said  published  notice  on  the  front 
door  of  each  school  house  in  their  said  respective  districts  of 
such  impending  election.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  3.] 

Election — Called  by  County  Commissioners. 

Sec.  2054.  Such  election  shall  be  conducted  in  all  respects 
the  same  as  the  election  for  school  trustees,  except  that  the 
said  board  of  county  commissioners  shall  call  the  election  and 
that  there  shall  be  no  registration  of  voters  required  or  printed 
ballots  furnished.  Each  school  district  to  constitute  a  part  of 
such  high  school  district,  shall  constitute  a  voting  precinct  for 
the  purpose  of  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  4.] 

Failure  Trustees  to  Open  Election. 

Sec.  2055.  If  for  any  reason  the  trustees  of  any  such 
school  district  fail  to  open  such  election  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided, then  and  in  such  event  the  qualified  electors  of  such 
school  district  assembled  at  the  time  and  place  for  holding  such 
election  shall  organize  by  appointing  a  chairman  and  secretary, 
who  shall  act  as  judges  of  such  election.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67, 
Sec.  5.] 

Judges  of  Election. 

Sec.  2056.  In  school  districts  having  six  trustees,  three 
of  their  number  shall  be  designated  by  them  to  act  as  judges 
of  such  election,  but  if  for  any  reason  they  do  not  appear,  the 
qualified  electors  of  such  school  district  there  assembled  may 
proceed  to  elect  three  persons  having  the  qualifications  of 
electors  to  act  as  judges  thereat.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  6.] 

Election  by  Ballot. 

Sec.  2057.  Said  election 'shall  be  by  ballot  either  written 
or  printed  and  none  but  qualified  electors  of  such  school  dis- 
trict shall  be  permitted  to  vote  thereat.  And  the  name  of  each 


66  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

person  voting  shall  be  recorded  by  the  judges  certified  as  such 
and  return  thereof  made  with  the  ballots  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. Those  in  favor  of  the  creation  and  organization  of  the 
high  school  district  shall  write  or  print  on  their  ballots  "For 
high  school  district."  Those  opposed  to  the  creation  and  or- 
ganization of  the  high  school  district  shall  write  or  print  on 
their  ballots,  "Opposed  to  high  school  district."  [S.  L.  1905, 
Ch.  67,  Sec.  7.] 
Canvass. 

Sec.  2058.  After  the  election  the  ballots  on  said  question 
shall  be  canvassed  in  the  same  manner  as  for  school  trustees, 
except  that  the  judges  of  such  election  in  the  different  pre- 
cincts shall  forward  the  returns  by  registered  mail  to  the 
county  clerk  of  the  county  to  be  canvassed  and  the  result  to  be 
determined  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners.  The  work 
of  canvassing  the  returns  shall  be  expeditiously  done,  and  if 
for  any  reason  delay  should  occur  in  forwarding  the  returns 
from  the  different  precincts  or  from  any  of  them,  the  board  of 
county  commissioners  shall  see  that  the  delayed  returns  are 
promptly  obtained.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  8.] 
When  Created— Appointment  First  Trustees. 

Sec.  2059.  When  the  returns  of  such  election  shall  have 
been  received  by  the  county  clerk,  the  board  of  county  com- 
missioners shall  proceed  without  delay  to  canvass  the  same,  and 
determine  and  declare  the  result  of  such  election,  and  enter  the 
same  upon  their  minutes.  Such  high  school  district  shall  be 
created,  and  said  board  of  county  commissioners  shall  declare 
the  same  to  be  composed  of  all  precincts  wherein  a  majority 
vote  has  been  in  favor  of  said  proposition.  The  board  of  county 
commissioners  shall  give  notice  of  the  result  of  the  election, 
naming  the  territory  embraced  in  such  created  high  school  dis- 
trict, as  shown  by  the  election  and  as  provided  in  this  section, 
and  thereupon  such  territory  shall  at  once  be  created  and  con- 
stitute such  high  school  district.  The  board  of  county  com- 
missioners shall  thereafter,  by  order  duly  entered,  promptly 
proceed  to  appoint  six  persons  possessing  the  qualifications 
of  electors  within  the  described  territory  and  taxpayers  thereof, 
who  shall,  with  the  county  superintendent  as  ex  officio  mem- 
ber thereof,  constitute  a  board  of  trustees  of  said  high  school 
district.  Each  of  such  trustees  so  appointed  shall  hold  office 
until  the  first  Monday  in  May  next  following  his  appointment, 
and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified  and  shall 
within  ten  days  of  his  appointment  qualify  by  taking  the  oath 
required  of  county  officers,  and  giving  bond  as  may  be  required 
by  the  county  commissioners  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his 
duties,  whereupon  said  high  school  district  shall  become  fully 
organized.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  2.] 


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Election  of  Trustees — Time. 

Sec.  2060.  The  election  of  high  school  district  trustees 
shall  be  held  at  the  same  time  and  place  and  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  trustees  of  other  school  districts  except  that  in  high 
school  district  elections  the  returns  shall  be  made  to  the  county 
clerk  of  the  county,  and  the  same  canvassed,  the  result  de- 
termined and  declared  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners  as 
in  the  organization  of  a  high  school  district.  The  acting  and 
qualified  trustees  of  such  high  school  district  may,  until  other- 
wise provided  by  law,  make  rules  and  regulations  to  secure 
uniformity  in  the  nomination  of  candidates  for  such  trustees; 
Provided,  however,  That  no  such  rules  and  regulations  shall 
abridge  the  right  of  qualified  voters  to  vote  for  any  candidate 
they  may  desire  for  such  trustee.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  3.] 

Trustees — Terms. 

Sec.  2061.  There  shall  be  elected  in  each  high  school  dis- 
trict at  the  regular  annual  school  election  on  the  first  Mon- 
day in  May  of  each  year,  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  by 
law  for  the  election  of  trustees  for  school  districts,  except  as 
provided  in  the  preceding  section,  three  trustees  for  such  high 
school  district,  who  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of  two  years 
and  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  On  the 
next  succeeding  first  Monday  in  May  after  the  establishment 
of  a  high  school  district  there  shall  be  elected  in  said  district 
six  trustees,  who  shall  be  divided  into  two  classes  of  three  each. 
The  term  of  those  in  the  first  class  shall  expire  one  year  from 
the  first  Monday  in  May  following  their  election,  and  the  term 
of  those  in  the  second  class  shall  expire  two  years  from  the  first 
Monday  in  May  following  their  election.  When  a  vacancy 
occurrs  in  the  office  of  trustees  in  said  district  by  death,  resig- 
nation, removal  from  the  district  or  otherwise,  the  fact  of 
said  vacancy  shall  be  immediately  certified  by  the  secretary, 
and  such  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  said  board 
of  trustees  until  the  next  annual  election,  at  which  time  such 
vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  election.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  11.] 

Quorum. 

Sec.  2062.  A  majority  of  such  board  of  trustees  shall 
constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  all  business,  but 
four  votes  shall  be  required  to  decide  any  question.  [S.  L. 
1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  12.1 

Where  Located. 

Sec.  2063.  The  high  school  in  said  district  shall  be  located 
at  the  county  seat  of  government  whenever  said  county  seat 
is  within  the  territory  constituting  such  district,  and  a  high 
school  may  be  located  in  any  other  district  selected  by  the 


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electors  of  said  district.     [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  13  ;  S.  L.  1907, 
Ch.  57,  Sec.  4.] 

Powers  of  Board — Officers. 

Sec.  2064.  At  their  first  meeting  in  each  year  the  trustees 
shall  choose  from  their  number  a  president  and  a  secretary,  who 
shall  hold  office  for  one  year  or  until  their  successors  are 
chosen  and  qualified.  The  county  treasurer  of  the  county 
wherein  such  high  school  district  is,  shall  be  the  custodian  of  all 
funds  available  for  such  school  purposes,  under  the  provisions 
of  this  chapter.  Payment  shall  be  made  by  said  treasurer  upon 
warrants,  drawn  against  said  funds  duly  signed  by  the  presi- 
dent and  secretary.  The  trustees  shall  have  authority  to  make 
all  necessary  rules  for  the  government  of  said  high  school  not 
inconsistent  with  law,  and  shall  possess  all  powers  which  may 
be  delegated  to  the  board  of  trustees  in  other  school  districts, 
at  the  annual  meetings  thereof.  Such  high  school  district  shall 
be  recognized  as  one  of  the  regular  constituted  school  districts 
of  the  county,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  and  shall  receive  all  the 
rights  and  benefits  as  such.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  14.] 

Tax  Levy — Bonds. 

Sec.  2065.  At  the  first  meeting  of  "the  board  of  trustees 
after  any  election  in  each  year,  or  at  any  appropriate  time,  the 
said  trustees  shall  make  an  estimate  of  the  amount  of  funds 
needed  for  building  purposes,  for  the  payment  of  teachers' 
wages  and  for  the  payment  of  contingent  expenses,  and  they 
shall  present  to  the  board  of  county  commissioners  a  certified 
estimate  of  the  tax  required  to  raise  the  amount  desired  for 
such  purpose.  But  in  no  case  shall  the  tax  for  such  purpose 
exceed  in  any  one  year  the  amount  of  ten  mills  on  the  dollar 
on  all  taxable  property  in  said  district,  and  when  the  tax  is 
levied  for  the  payment  of  teachers'  wages  and  contingent  ex- 
penses only,  it  shall  not  exceed  two  mills  on  the  dollar. 

Provided,  That  said  trustees  may,  if  in  their  judgment 
they  think  best,  bond  said  district  for  the  purpose  of  raising 
money  necessary  to  build,  equip  a  high  school  in  said  district, 
and  to  purchase  a  suitable  site  therefor.  But  no  bonds  shall 
ever  be  issued  to  pay  teachers'  salaries,  or  for  the  general  ex- 
penses in  maintaining  said  school,  or,  further,  that  no  bonds 
shall  be  issued,  by  such  district  beyond  the  united  bonding 
capability  of  the  territory  embraced  within  such  district,  tak- 
ing into  consideration  existing  obligations  thereof  at  the  time 
of  the  creation  of  such  high  school  district,  nor  shall  the 
issuance  of  any  such  bonds  impair  any  outstanding  obligations, 
of  any  portion  of  the  territory  embraced  within  such  high 
school  district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  15.] 


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Submission  of  Bonding  Question  to  Electors. 

Sec.  2066.  The  board  of  trustees  of  the  high  school  dis- 
trict, whenever  a  majority  of  the  board  shall  so  desire,  may 
submit  to  the  electors  of  said  district  the  question  whether 
the  board  shall  issue  bonds  of  said  district  for  the  purchase 
or  erection  of  a  building  for  high  school  purposes  and  the 
equipment  and  for  a  suitable  site  therefor,  provided  that  no 
such  district  shall  be  bonded  for  the  above  purpose  in  any 
amount  to  exceed  $50,000.00  and  provided  such  bonds  must 
run  a  term  of  twenty-five  years  or  less,  but  no  longer,  and 
provided  any  such  issue  of  bonds  shall  not  increase  the  school 
indebtedness  of  the  territory  of  said  district  beyond  the  maxi- 
mum limit  fixed  by  the  state  constitution.  Said  election  shall 
be  held  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  this  chapter  for  the  sub- 
mission of  the  question  of  the  establishment  of  said  high  school 
district,  except  that  the  board  of  high  school  trustees  shall  offi- 
ciate in  the  place  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners  in 
giving  the  notices  for  and  in  determining  the  result  of  said 
election.  The  ballot  shall  be  in  the  form  as  follows : 

"  Shall  bonds  be  issued  and  sold  to  the  amount  of  $ , 

bearisg per  cent,  interest,  for  the  purpose  of  pur- 
chasing a  school  lot  and  building  a  school  thereon  and  to  equip 
the  same?" 

11  Bonds,  Yes." 

"Bonds,  No." 

The  ballots  herein  provided  for  shall  be  printed  and  fur- 
nished in  sufficient  quantities  at  the  different  polling  places  for 
the  use  of  the  electors  by  the  board  of  high  school  trustees. 
The  elector  shall  prepare  his  ballot  by  crossing  out  thereon 
parts  of  the  ballots  in  such  a  manner  that  the  remaining  part 
shall  express  his  vote  upon  the  question  submitted.  If  a  ma- 
jority of  the  votes  cast  at  such  election  are  "Bonds,  Yes,"  the 
board  of  high  school  trustees  shall  issue  such  bonds  in  such 
form  as  the  board  may  direct  and  shall  bear  the  signature  of 
the  president  and  the  secretary  of  such  board  written  in  ink. 
The  coupons  attached  to  said  bonds  shall  be  signed  in  the  same 
manner.  Lithographic  or  fac  simile  signatures  of  the  president 
and  secretary  may  be  affixed  to  the  coupons  only  when  so 
stated  in  the  bonds.  Each  bond  so  issued  shall  be  registered 
by  the  county  treasurer  in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose, 
which  shall  show  the  number  and  amount  of  each  bond  and  the 
person  to  whom  same  is  issued.  Said  bonds  shall  be  sold  by 
said  trustees  in  the  manner  provided  for  the  sale  of  school  dis- 
trict bonds,  and  the  moneys  arising  from  the  sale  thereof  shall 
be  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  county  to  the  credit  of  said  high 
school  district.  The  faith  of  the  said  high  school  district  is 
solemnly  pledged  for  the  interest  and  redemption  of  the  prin- 


70  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

cipal  of  the  bonds  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 
The  county  commissioners  at  the  time  of  making  the  levy  of 
taxes  for  county  purposes  shall  levy  a  tax  for  that  year  upon 
the  taxable  property  in  said  high  school  district  for  the  interest 
and  redemption  of  said  bonds,  and  said  tax  must  not  be  less 
than  sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  of  said  bonds  for  that  year 
and  such  proportion  of  the  principal  as  will  come  due  during 
such  year,  and  in  any  event  must  be  high  enough  to  raise  an- 
nually for  the  first  half  of  the  term,  (and)  high  enough  to  pay 
such  annual  interest  and  to  pay  annually  a  portion  of  the 
principal  of  said  bonds  equal  to  the  sum  pledged  by  taking  the 
whole  amount  of  said  bonds  outstanding  and  dividing  it  by  the 
number  of  years  for  which  said  bonds  have  to  run,  and  all 
moneys  so  collected  must  be  paid  into  the  county  treasurer  to- 
the  credit  of  said  high  school  district  and  kept  in  a  separate 
fund,  and  to  be  used  for  the  payment  of  the  principal  and 
interest  on  said  bonds,  and  for  no  other  purpose.  [S.  L.  1905,. 
Ch.  67,  Sec.  16.] 

Payment  of  Bonds. 

Sec.  2067.  Said  bonds  shall  be  paid,  principal  and  inter- 
est, in  the  manner  provided  for  the  payment  of  school  district 
bonds.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  17.1 

Estimate  for  Maintenance  When  Bonds  Are  Issued. 

Sec.  2068.  In  case  bonds  are  issued,  then  the  trustees,  in 
making  estimates  for  the  maintenance  of  the  high  school,  shall 
not  include  estimates  for  buildings  or  whatever  said  bonda 
are  issued  for.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  18.] 

Collection  of  Tax. 

Sec.  2069.  The  tax  provided  for  in  Section  2065  shall  be 
levied  and  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  other  county  taxes, 
and  when  collected  the  county  treasurer  shall  place  the  same  to 
the  credit  of  said  high  school  district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,. 
Sec.  19.] 

Record  of  Proceedings. 

Sec.  2070.  The  said  board  of  trustees  of  said  high  school 
district  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  the  official  acts  done  by  said 
board,  shall  keep  a  full  record  of  all  warrants  issued  against 
the  moneys  belonging  to  said  high  school  district.  Payments 
of  money  can  only  be  made  upon  warrants  drawn  against  funds 
belonging  to  said  high  school  district  and  the  warrants  so 
drawn  must  specify  upon  their  face  the  purpose  for  which 
funds,  called  for  by  the  warrants  so  issued.  Said  board  of 
trustees  of  said  high  school  district  shall  provide,  at  the  expense 
of  their  district  and  for  said  district,  a  seal,  upon  which  shall 
be  engraved  the  words  " County  High  School, 


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State  of  Wyoming,"  said  blank  space  to  contain  the  name  of 
the  county  wherein  is  located  such  high  school  district.  The 
seal  shall  be  kept  in  possession  of  the  clerk  of  said  district. 
Said  seal  shall  be  affixed  to  all  communications  or  notices  re- 
quired by  law  to  be  sent  or  published  by  said  high  school  board 
and  to  all  warrants  drawn  upon  the  treasurer  of  said  high 
school  trustees.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  5.] 

Trustees  Provide  Suitable  Buildings. 

Sec.  2071.  The  said  board  of  trustees  shall  proceed  as 
soon  as  practicable  after  their  appointment  and  qualification 
to  establish  the  high  school  contemplated  by  this  chapter,  and 
may  at  their  discretion  lease  suitable  buildings  for  the  use  of 
the  high  school  while  the  new  buildings  are  in  process  of 
erection,  or  may  contract  with  the  trustees,  of  the  local  school 
district,  or  with  other  parties  for  the  use  of  suitable  buildings 
for  such  high  school  purpose,  and  for  such  time  as  may  be 
deemed  best  for  the  interest  of  such  high  school  district,  and 
if  at  any  time  the  qualified  electors  of  such  district  shall  vote 
bonds,  as  herein  provided,  said  trustees  shall  select  the  best 
site  that  can  be  obtained  and  the  title  thereto,  upon  procuring 
such  site,  purchased  or  otherwise,  shall  vest  in  such  high  school 
district  under  the  name  herein  provided  for  and  the  trustees 
shall  then  proceed  to  make  purchase  of  material  and  to  build 
said  building  thereon,  or  to  let  such  contracts  for  the  neces- 
sary school  buildings  as  they  may  deem  proper.  They  shall 
not,  however,  make  any  purchase  or  enter  into  any  contract 
whereby  obligations  are  assumed  in  excess  of  the  amount  of 
funds  on  hand  or  available  through  the  levy  of  taxes  or  the  is- 
suance of  bonds  for  the  current  year.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec. 
21.] 

Employment  of  Faculty. 

Sec.  2072.  After  suitable  buildings  are  secured  as  herein 
above  provided  for  the  carrying  on  of  said  high  school,  the 
trustees  shall  employ  some  suitable  person  to  take  charge  of 
said  school,  who  shall  be  known  as  principal  of  said  school, 
and  who  shall  possess  such  qualifications  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  said  board  of  trustees,  except  that  said  principal  shall  be 
required  to  possess  at  least  five  years'  experience  in  teaching, 
and  the  trustees  shall  furnish  such  assistant  teachers  as  they 
may  deem  necessary,  and  shall  deignate  the  salaries  which 
shall  be  paid  such  principal  and  assistant  teachers.  [S.  L. 
1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  22.] 

Government. 

Sec.  2073.  The  principal  of  any  such  high  school,  with 
the  approval  of  the  board  of  trustees,  shall  make  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  may  be  deemed  proper  in  regard  to  study, 


72  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

conduct  and  government  of  the  pupils  under  his  charge;  and 
if  any  such  pupil  shall  not  conform  to  or  obey  the  rules  of 
the  school,  they  may  be  suspended  or  expelled  therefrom  by 
the  board  of  trustees.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  23.] 

Courses  of  Study. 

Sec.  2074.  There  shall  be  provided  such  courses  of  study 
as  will  prepare  and  fit  a  student  attending  such  high  school 
for  admission  to  the  university  of  this  state,  and  such  courses 
of  study  must  be  sufficient  for  such  purposes.  [S.  L.  1905, 
Ch.  67,  Sec.  24.] 

Tuition — Admission. 

Sec.  2075.  Tuition  shall  be  free  to  all  pupils  who  are 
bona  fide  residents  of  said  high  school  district.  The  board  of 
trustees  shall  make  such  general  rules  and  regulations  as  they 
deem  proper  in  regard  to  age  and  grade  of  attainments  es- 
sential to  entitle  pupils  to  admission  to  said  school ;  Provided, 
That  no  person  shall  be  admitted  to  such  high  school  who  shall 
not  have  passed  a  satisfactory  examination,  or  who  does  not 
hold  an  eighth  grade  common  school  certificate.  If  there  shall 
be  more  applicants  than  can  be  accommodated  at  any  one  time, 
each  district  shall  be  entitled  to  send  its  proportionate  number 
of  pupils  according  to  the  number  of  pupils  it  may  have  as 
shown  by  the  last  report  of  the  county  superintendent  of 
schools,  and  the  boards  of  the  respective  school  districts  shall 
designate  such  pupils  as  shall  attend  subject  to  the  proviso 
above  stated.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  25.] 

Admission  of  Pupils  From  Other  Districts. 

Sec.  2076.  If  at  any  time  the  school  can  accommodate 
more  pupils  than  apply  for  admission  from  the  district,  the 
vacancies  may  be  filled  by  applicants  from  other  counties  or 
school  districts,  upon  the  payment  of  such  tuition  as  the  board 
of  trustees  may  prescribe,  but  at  no  time  shall  such  pupils  re- 
main in  said  school  to  the  exclusion  of  pupils  residing  in  the 
district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  26.] 

Mileage  of  Trustees— No  Compensation— Reports. 

Sec.  2077.  The  trustees  of  said  high  school  district  who 
do  not  reside  at  the  place  where  said  high  school  is  established 
are  entitled  to  mileage  in  attending  the  meetings  of  the  board. 
The  trustees  of  said  high  school  shall  serve  without  compensa- 
tion, and  the  board  shall  make  such  reports  from  time  to  time 
as  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  or  the  state  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  may  require.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch. 
67,  Sec.  27.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  73 

Certificates  of  Graduation — Admission  to  State  University. 

Sec.  2078.  Upon  the  presentation  of  a  certificate  of  gradu- 
ation from  any  such  high  school  within  one  year  of  the  date 
of  same,  to  any  state  institution  of  learning,  the  person  pre- 
senting the  same  may  be  admitted  without  further  examina- 
tion to  said  institution  of  learning.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec. 
28.] 

No  Tuition  to  Bona  Fide  Residents. 

Sec.  2079.  Such  high  school  shall  be  free  to  all  persons 
of  school  age,  possessing  the  qualifications,  who  are  bona  fide 
residents  of  said  high  school  district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67, 

Sec.   29.] 

Districts — How  Annexed. 

Sec.  2080.  Whenever  any  "high  school  district"  shall 
have  been  created  in  any  county  under  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter,  and  any  school  district  in  the  county  wherein  said 
"high  school  district"  is  located  shall  not,  at  the  time  of  the 
election  on  the  establishment  of  such  "high  school  district," 
cast  a  majority  vote  in  favor  of  such  proposition,  such  school 
district  may  at  any  time  thereafter  become  a  part  of  such 
"high  school  district"  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided. 
[S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  58,  Sec.  1.] 

Petition  for  Annexation. 

Sec.  2081.  Whenever  ten  freeholders  in  any  such  school 
district  mentioned  in  Section  2080  hereof,  not  incorporated 
within  such  high  school  district  as  mentioned  in  Section  2080 
hereof,  shall  petition  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  the 
county  wherein  said  school  district  is  located  to  make  such 
school  district  a  part  of  such  "high  school  district"  as  men- 
tioned in  Section  2080  hereof,  describing  the  lands  embraced 
in  said  school  district  by  townships  and  ranges,  or  fractions  of 
townships,  the  said  board  shall,  at  their  first  meeting  there- 
after, give  twenty  days'  notice  by  publication  in  the  official 
paper  of  said  county  that  the  question  whether  such  territory 
shall  be  incorporated  within  said  "high  school  district"  will 
be  submitted  to  the  electors  of  such  school  district  at  a  desig- 
nated time,  which  shall  not  exceed  thirty  days  from  the  expi- 
ration of  said  twenty  days'  notice.  In  addition  to  said  notice 
the  trustees  in  said  school  district  thus  intended  to  be  in- 
corporated into  the  said  "high  school  district"  shall  be  notified 
immediately  after  the  first  publication  of  said  notice  by  such 
board  of  county  commissioners  of  the  holding  of  such  election, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  school  trustees  to  post  a  copy 
of  said  published  notice  on  the  front  door  of  each  school  house 
in  said  school  district.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  58,  Sec.  2.] 


74  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

Submission  of  Question. 

Sec.  2082.  Such  election  shall  be  conducted  in  all  respects 
as  near  as  may  be,  as  provided  in  Sections  2054,  2055,  2056r 
2057  and  2058,  and  the  duties  and  acts  to  be  performed  shall 
be  performed  in  the  same  manner,  and  by  the  same  persons 
as  therein  specified.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  58,  Sec.  3.] 

Return — Commissioners'  Action. 

Sec.  2083.  When  the  returns  of  such  election  shall  have 
been  received  by  the  county  clerk,  of  said  county,  the  board 
of  county  commissioners  shall  proceed  without  delay  to  can- 
vass the  same,  determine  ,and  declare  the  result  of  such  elec- 
tion, and  enter  the  same  upon  their  minutes,  and  if  a  majority 
vote  of  such  school  district  has  been  cast  in  favor  of  incor- 
porating such  school  district  within  said  "high  school  dis- 
trict," then  such  school  district  shall  at  once  become  a  part 
of  and  b<e  incorporated  within  such  "high  school  district" 
with  the  same  force  and  effect  and  to  all  intents  and  purposes 
as  though  originally  embraced  therein,  and  for  the  purpose 
of  maintaining  and  supporting  the  said  "high  school  district" 
and  its  purposes  and  objects  and  to  pay  the  current  or  other 
expenses,  or  pay  the  bonded  indebtedness  or  the  interest 
thereon,  the  property  of  such  school  district,  so  incorporated 
within  said  "high  school  district"  so  incorporated  shall  after 
such  incorporation  in  each  year  be  subject  to  the  same  taxa- 
tion as  the  property  of  the  other  territory  embraced  within 
said  "high  school  district"  and  be  subject  to  all  the  laws, 
rules  and  regulations  governing  such  "high  school  district"  as 
though  originally  incorporated  therein.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  58, 
Sec.  4.] 

GENERAL  ELECTIONS. 

Vacancy  in  State  Office. 

Sec.  2087.  At  each  of  said  general  elections  there  shall 
also  be  elected  such  state  officers  as  may  be  required  to  be 
elected  to  fill  any  vacancy  occurring  by  operation  of  law,  or 
the  constitution  of  this  state,  including  any  vacancy  or  va- 
cancies in  the  office  of  justice  of  the  supreme  court.  [S.  L. 
1890-91,  Ch.  68,  Sec,  4.] 

State  Officers. 

Sec.  2088.  At  the  general  election  held  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety-four,  and  at  the  general 
election  held  every  fourth  year  thereafter,  there  shall  be  elected 
a  governor,  a  secretary  of  state,  an  auditor,  a  treasurer,  a  su- 
perintendent of  public  instruction,  and  such  other  state  officers 
as  are,  or  may  be,  created  by  law,  and  made  elective,  whose 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  75 

election  shall  occur,  or  ought  to  occur  at  such  general  elec- 
tion.    [S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  68,  Sec.  6.] 

County  Officers  to  Be  Elected. 

Sec.  2091.  The  following  county  and  precinct  officers  shall 
hold  their  office  by  election:  and  there  shall  be  held  in  the 
several  voting  precincts  of  this  state,  on  the  Tuesday  next  fol- 
lowing the  first  Monday  in  November,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety-two,  and  on  the  Tues- 
day next  following  the  first  Monday  in  November,  in  each  sec- 
ond year  thereafter,  a  general  election  at  which  the  following 
county  and  precinct  officers  shall  be  elected : 

The  clerk. 

The  commissioners. 

The  surveyors. 

The  sheriff. 

The  county  treasurer. 

The  county  and  prosecuting  attorney. 

The  superintendent  of  schools. 

The  assessor. 

The  coroner. 

The  justices  of  the  peace. 

The  constables. 

The  clerk  of  the  district  court  for  each  county,  whenever 
his  term  of  office  shall  expire  before  the  next  general  elec- 
tion, or  whenever  a  vacancy  therein  is  to  be  filled,  and  such 
other  county  and  precinct  officers  which  may  be  created  and 
made  elective  by  law.  In  counties  having  an  assessed  valua- 
tion not  exceeding  five  million  dollars,  the  county  clerk  shall 
be  ex  officio  clerk  of  the  district  court,  and  shall  perform  all 
the  duties  pertaining  to  the  office  of  clerk  of  the  district  court, 
but  shall  receive  no  additional  or  separate  compensation  there- 
for. [S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  100,  Sec.  3.] 

Relating  to  General  Elections. 

Sec.  2092.  Except  as  hereinafter  provided  every  person 
shall  be  qualified  and  entitled  to  vote  who  is  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States  and  over  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  and  who 
has  been  a  bona  fide  resident  of  Wyoming  for  one  year  and 
of  the  county  wherein  his  residence  is  located  sixty  days  next 
preceding  the  election  at  which  he  votes  and  of  the  election 
district  he  seeks  to  vote  for  a  period  of  ten  days  next  preceding 
election  and  who  shall  be  able  to  read  the  constitution  of  this 
state  and  who  has  complied  with  the  provisions  of  law  con- 
cerning registration ;  Provided,  however,  That  any  person  pre- 
vented by  physical  disability  from  being  able  to  read  the  con- 
stitution of  this  state  shall  not  for  this  reason  while  laboring 
under  such  disability  be  deprived  of  his  right  to  vote ;  Pro- 


76  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

vided,  further,  That  where  any  qualified  elector  who  has  reg- 
istered in  any  other  precinct  in  such  city  or  town  before  the 
date  of  election,  such  voter  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  in  the  pre- 
cinct where  registered;  Provided,  further,  That  any  person 
who  is  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  and  who  was  a  qualified 
elector  on  the  tenth  day  of  July  in  the  year  1890  and  who  has 
since  then  continued  to  be  a  resident  in  this  state  and  who 
has  complied  with  "the  provisions  of  law  concerning  registra- 
tion shall  continue  to  be  an  elector  of  this  state;  and,  Pro- 
vided, moreover,  That  any  person  who  is  serving  in  the  army 
of  the  United  States  or  is  an  officer  or  soldier  and  who  is  re- 
siding on  any  military  reservation  in  this  state  shall  not  be  en- 
titled to  vote  at  any  election  held  in  this  state  unless  such 
person  has  acquired  the  rights  of  citizenship  by  residence 
therein  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  one  year  while  serving  in 
the  army  of  the  United  States  as  such  officer  or  soldier.  [S.  L. 
1911,  Ch.  60,  Sec.  1.] 

Special  County  Elections  Shall  Be  Ordered  by  County  Com- 
missioners. 

Sec.  2110.  All  special  elections  for  county  and  precinct 
officers  shall  be  ordered  by  the  county  commissioners,  which 
order  shall  be  countersigned  by  the  clerk  of  the  board  of 
county  commissioners.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  53.] 

Vacancy  in  Office — Who  Determines  Fact  of. 

Sec.  2112.  Whenever  it  is  alleged  that  a  vacancy  in  any 
office  exists,  the  officer,  court  or  county  board,  whose  duty  it 
is  to  fill  the  vacancy,  by  appointment,  or  to  order  an  election 
to  fill  such  vacancy,  shall  have  power  to  determine  whether  or 
not  the  facts  occasioning  such  vacancy  exist.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch. 
80,  Sec.  47;  E.  S.  1899,  Sec.  217.] 


GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

Qualifications  of  Office  Holders. 

Sec.  2273.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  any  .office  who, 
at  the  time  he  is  chosen  and  during  his  incumbency  therein, 
is  not  a  qualified  elector  and  an  actual  resident  of  the  district, 
county,  town,  ward  or  precinct,  as  the  case  may  be,  in  which 
he  holds  such  office.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  6.] 

Woman  Suffrage. 

Sec.  2274.  When  they  possess  the  other  qualifications 
of  an  elector,  the  rights  of  women  to  the  elective  franchise  and 
to  hold  office  shall  be  the  same  as  those  of  men.  [S.  L.  1890, 
Ch.  80,  Sec.  7.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  77 

Persons  Disqualified  from  Voting  or  Holding  Office. 

Sec.  2275.  The  following  persons  shall  not  vote  or  hold 
office: 

One  who  is  under  guardianship. 

One  who  is  non  compos  mentis. 

One  who  has  been  within  Wyoming  convicted  of  any  fel- 
ony, unless  restored  to  civil  rights  by  pardon. 

One  who  has  made  or  become,  either  directly  or  indirectly, 
interested  in  any  bet  or  wager  depending  upon  the  result  of 
the  election  at  which  he  or  she  shall  offer  to  vote.  [S.  L.  1890, 
Ch.  80,  Sec.  8.] 

Resignation  of  Elective  Offices. 

Sec.  2276.  Resignation  of  elective  offices  shall  be  made 
to  the  officer,  court  or  county  board  authorized  by  law  to  fill 
a  vacancy  in  such  office  by  appointment  or  to  order  an  election 
to  fill  such  vacancy.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  43.] 

Vacancies  in  Elective  Offices — How  Made. 

Sec.  2277.  Every  elective  office  shall  become  vacant  on  the 
happening  of  either  of  the  following  events  to  the  incumbent 
before  the  end  of  his  term  of  office : 

1.  His  death. 

2.  His  resignation. 

3.  His  becoming  insane  or  non  compos  mentis. 

4.  His  ceasing  to  be  an  inhabitant  of  the  state,  or  if  the 
office  is  local,  his  ceasing  to  be  an  inhabitant  of  the  district, 
town,  ward  or  precinct  for  which  he  was  elected. 

5.  His  conviction  of  an  infamous  crime*  or  of  any  offense 
involving  a  violation  of  official  oath. 

6.  His  removal   from   office. 

7.  His  refusal  or  neglect  to  take  his  oath  of  office,  or  to 
give  or  renew  his  official  bond,  or  to  deposit  or  file  such  oath 
or  bond  within  the  time  prescribed  by  law. 

8.  The   decision  of  a  competent  tribunal   declaring  his 
election  void.     [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  45.] 

TAXATION  AND  REVENUE. 
Purposes  for  Which  Taxes  Levied — Limitations  Upon  Amount. 

Sec.  2320.  There  shall  be  levied  and  assessed  upon  the 
taxable  real  and  personal  property  within  this  state  in  each 
year,  the  following  taxes : 

First — For  state  revenue,  four  mills  on  the  dollar  when 
no  rate  is  directed  by  the  state  board  of  equalization  before 
the  date  in  each  year  when  the  tax  ought  to  be  levied  and  as- 
sessed, but  in  no  case  shall  the  tax  for  state  revenue  purposes 
exceed  said  four  mills  on  the  dollar;  except  for  the  support  of 


78  SCHOOL  LAWS  01-  WYOMING. 

state  educational  and  charitable  institutions,  the  payment  of 
the  state  debt  and  the  interest  thereon. 

Second — The  county  commissioners  shall  annually  levy  a 
tax  for  the  support  of  the  common  schools  in  their  county,  not 
to  exceed  three  mills  on  the  dollar.  For  county  revenue  for 
all  purposes  there  shall  be  levied  annually  a  tax,  but  the  aggre- 
gate tax  for  county  revenue,  including  general  school  tax, 
shall  not  exceed  twelve  mills  on  the  dollar,  exclusive  of  state 
revenue,  except  for  the  payment  of  its  public  debt  and  the  in- 
terest thereon.  An  additional  tax  of  two  dollars  for  each  per- 
son between  the  ages  of  twenty-one  years  and  fifty  years, 
inclusive,  shall  be  annually  levied  for  county  school  purposes; 
Provided,  always,  That  the  board  of  county  commissioners  in 
each  and  every  county  of  this  state  shall  not  expend  in  any  one 
year,  from  out  of  the  revenue  so  raised,  for  the  support  of  the 
poor  and  lunatic  purposes,  a  sum  amounting  to  more  than  two 
mills  on  the  dollar  of  each  and  every  dollar  of  the  assessed 
valuation  of  the  property  within  their  county  for  the  then 
current  year;  for  road  purposes,  a  sum  not  amounting  to 
more  than  three  mills  on  the  dollar  of  each  and  every  dollar 
of  assessed  valuation  of  the  property  within  their  county  for 
the  then  current  year.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  102.] 

Property  Exempt  from  Taxation. 

Sec.  2321.  The  following  described  property  is  hereby 
exempted  from  taxation:  First — The  property  of  the  United 
States  and  of  this  state,  the  property  of  any  county,  town- 
ship, incorporated  cities,  towns  and  school  districts;  public 
libraries;  lots  with  the  buildings  thereon  used  exclusively  for 
religious  worship ;  church  parsonages ;  public  grounds  by 
whomsoever  donated  to  the  public,  including  all  places  for  the 
burial  of  the  dead.  Second — Fire  engines  and  all  implements 
used  for  extinguishing  fires,  with  the  grounds  used  exclusively 
for  the  buildings  of  a  fire  company  or  companies.  Third- 
Household  and  kitchen  furniture,  beds  and  bedding,  wearing 
apparel  of  every  person,  and  the  food  provided  for  each  fam- 
ily, not  to  exceed  in  all  the  value  of  one  hundred  dollars. 
Fourth — The  polls  of  all  persons  who  have  arrived  at  the  age 
of  fifty  years.  Fifth — The  property  engaged  and  used  in  the 
manufacture  of  beet  sugar  or  any  of  the  products  of  sugar 
beets,  in  the  state  of  Wyoming,  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation 
annually  during  the  actual  use  of  such  property  for  such  pur- 
pose, for  a  period  of  ten  years.  No  factory  thus  engaged  shall 
be  entitled  to  such  exemption  unless  at  least  seventy-five  per 
centum  of  the  sugar  beets  consumed  therein  during  each  year 
shall  have  been  grown  in  Wyoming;  Provided,  Sufficient  sup- 
ply can  be  obtained  in  this  state.  [S.  L.  1895,  ch.  52;  S.  L. 
1897,  Ch.  50.] 


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Property  Exempt  from  Taxation. 

Sec.  2322.  That  lands,  with  the  buildings  thereon,  used 
for  schools,  orphan  asylums  or  hospitals,  and  for  lodge  rooms 
for  the  meetings  of  all  secret,  benevolent  and  charitable  so- 
cieties or  associations  shall  be  exempted  from  taxation  so  long 
-as  said  lands  and  buildings  are  not  used  for  private  profit.  [S. 
L.  1001,  Ch.  5.] 

Bonds  Exempt  from  Taxation. 

Sec.  2323.  Coupon  or  registered  interest  bearing  bonds 
of  the  state  of  Wyoming,  or  any  county,  school  district,  or  mu- 
nicipality of  the  state  of  Wyoming  shall  be  exempt  from  taxa- 
tion when  owned  by  actual  residents  of  the  state,  provided, 
that  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  securities  shall  list  the  same 
annually  on  their  assessment  schedule,  describing  such  bonds 
and  the  amount  thereof,  and  shall  mark  opposite  thereto,  on 
such  schedule,  «  exempt."  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  17.] 

What  Property  Subject  to  Taxation. 

Sccr,  2324.  All  other  property,  real  and  personal,  within 
this  state  is  subject  to  taxation  in  the  manner  herein  directed, 
and  this  section  is  intended  to  embrace  lands  and  lots  in  towns, 
including  lands  bought  from  the  United  States,  whether  bought 
on  a  credit  or  otherwise ;  buildings'  or  improvements  erected 
upon  lands,  the  title  to  which  still  remains  in  the  United  States, 
or  in  any  incorporated  company,  and  all  lands  entered  by  pre- 
emption, final  or  commuted  homestead,  or  as  desert  land,  or  at 
private  or  public  sale,  or  under  any  act  of  congress,  when  final 
receipt  therefor  has  been  issued,  shall  be  subject  to  taxation 
whether  patent  for  the  same  has  been  issued  or  not,  and  when 
such  final  proof  shall  have  been  made  before  the  1st  day  of 
April  in  any  year,  the  land  so  entered  shall  be  subject  to 
taxation  for  that  year.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  com- 
missioners of  each  county  to  obtain  from  the  officers  of  the 
United  States  land  district  in  which  the  county  may  be  situ- 
ated, an  accurate  transcript  and  plat  of  all  entries  and  sales 
of  public  land  which  may  or  should  be  subject  to  taxation 
under  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  of  this  state,  described 
by  land  numbers  in  their  respective  counties.  Such  transcripts 
shall  be  filed  and  preserved  in  their  office,  and  they  shall  have 
the  same  corrected  each  year  by  obtaining  as  aforesaid,  addi- 
tional or  supplementary  transcripts.  .  On  the  first  Monday  in 
April  of  each  year,  they  shall  cause  to  be  furnished  to  the 
county  assessor  of  the  county,  a  true  and  correct  plat  or  plats, 
corrected  as  aforesaid  of  all  lands  hereinbefore  described,  situ- 
ate in  the  county,  and  they  are  hereby  authoroized  and  required 
to  make  any  appropriation  necessary  to  secure  the  execution 
of  the  work  provided  for  in  this  section.  Ferries,  franchises 


8o  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

and  toll-bridges,  all  of  which,  for  the  purpose  of  this  chapter, 
shall  be  considered  real  property.  Horses  and  neat  cattle, 
mules  and  asses,  sheep,  swine,  goats,  and  all  dogs  and  other 
animals;  money  in  bank  bills,  coin  or  gold  dust,  whether  in 
possession  or  on  deposit;  property,  money  or  labor,  due  from, 
solvent  debtors  on  contract,  or  on  judgment,  and  whether 
within  this  state  or  not ;  mortgages  and  other  like  securities, 
stock  or  shares  in  any  bank  or  company,  incorporated  or 
otherwise,  and  whether  incorporated  by  this  or  any  other  state, 
and  whether  situated  in  this  state  or  not;  public  stocks  or 
loans,  household  furniture  not  otherwise  exempt,  including 
gold  and  silver  plate,  musical  instruments,  watches  and  jew- 
elry, pleasure  carriages,  stages,  hacks,  omnibuses  and  other 
vehicles  for  transporting  passengers,  wagons,  carts,  drays, 
sleds,  and  every  other  description  of  vehicle  or  carriage,  all 
real  and  personal  property  within  this  state  of  every  kind  and 
description  not  heretofore  enumerated,  belonging  to  or  claimed 
by  any  incorporated  company,  whether  incorporated  in  this 
state  or  not,  annuities — but  not  including  pensions  from  the 
United  States,  or  any  state,  nor  salaries,  nor  payment  for 
services  expected  to  be  rendered — and  all  other  property  not 
above  exempted,  although  not  herein  specified.  [S.  L.  1890-91, 
Ch.  36,  Sec.  2.] 

Time  of  Making  County  Levy — Form  of  Tax  List. 

Sec.  2343.  On  the  first  Monday  of  September,  of  each 
year,  the  board  of  county  commissioners  shall,  by  an  order 
to  be  entered  of  record  among  their  proceedings,  levy  the 
requisite  taxes  for  the  year,  and  the  same  may  be  levied  at  any 
time  prior  to  the  first  Monday  of  September,  if  the  statement 
and  notice  required  by  Section  2340  has  been  received  from 
the  auditor.  Immediately  after  the  taxes  have  been  levied 
the  county  assessor  shall  compute  the  taxes  from  the  credit 
valuations  as  corrected  by  the  board  of  equalization,  and  as 
entered  by  him  in  the  column  of  corrected  valuations  in  the 
combined  assessment  roll  and  tax  list;  Provided,  That  all 
taxes  for  state  purposes  may  be  computed  as  a  whole  and  en- 
tered in  one  column.  The  state  examiner  is  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  prescribe  the  form  of  such  combined  assess- 
ment roll  and  tax  list,  which  shall  be  uniform  as  to  general 
requirements  in  all  counties  of  the  state.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3806;  E.  S.  1899,  Sec.  1781;  S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  1;  S.  L. 
1909,  Ch.  121,  Sec.  1.] 

Tax  for  School  Purposes. 

Sec.  2401.  The  county  commissioners  shall,  at  the  time 
of  levying  tax  for  county  purposes,  cause  to  be  levied  a  tax 
for  the  support  of  schools  within  the  county,  as  provided  by 


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law,  which  shall  be  collected  by  the  county  collector,  at  the 
same  time,  and  in  the  same  manner  as  state  and  county  taxes 
are  collected,  with  the  exception  that  it  shall  be  receivable  in 
cash  or  warrants  of  the  school  district.  The  county  treasurer 
shall,  at  all  times,  hold  subject  to  the  draft  of  the  proper  of- 
ficers, all  moneys  belonging  to  teachers'  or  school  house  fund. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3964.] 

Assessment — When  Made. 

Sec.  2402.  Whenever  a  sum  of  money  has  been  voted  by 
a  school  district,  as  by  law  provided,  the  clerk  shall,  under  the 
supervision  of  the  directors,  make  out  and  certify  over  his 
official  signature,  the  amount  of  money  voted  in  his  district, 
and  on  or  before  the  fourth  Monday  in  May  of  each  year  cause 
the  same  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  board  of 
county  commissioners ;  the  clerk  shall  also  at  the  same  time 
notify  the  district  assessor  of  the  assessment  district  in  which 
said  school  district  is  situated,  in  writing,  of  the  action  of  the 
district.  Said  district  assessor  shall  at  the  time  of  making  the 
annual  assessment  of  his  district,  also  assess  the  property  of 
each  school  district,  from  which  he  has  received  notification 
as  aforesaid,  and  return  to  the  supervising  assessor  at  the  time 
of  returning  the  assessment  schedules,  separate  schedules  list- 
ing the  property  of  each  school  district  by  him  assessed.  Said 
separate  schedule  shall  be  by  the  supervising  assessor,  com- 
piled, footed  and  returned  to  the  board  of  county  commission- 
ers as  hereinbefore  provided  for  other  assessment  schedules. 
[S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  79,  Sec.  13.] 

Equalization  of  Assessment  and  Levy  of  Taxes. 

Sec.  2403.  The  board  of  county  commissioners  of  each 
county  shall  have  the  power  and  it  is  made  their  duty  to 
equalize  the  assessment  and  valuation  of  the  taxable  property 
of  all  the  several  school  districts  in  the  county  which  is  as- 
sessable by  the  county  assessor,  and  shall  also  have  power  to 
add  to  such  assessment  any  taxable  property  in  such  school 
district  not  included  in  the  assessments  as  returned  by  the  as- 
sessor, and  which  it  was  his  duty  to  assess  in  the  same  manner 
as  is  or  hereafter  may  be  provided  by  law  for  county  and 
state  purposes,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  county 
commissioners  when  making  the  annual  levy  for  taxes,  to  levy 
upon  the  taxable  property  of  each  school  district  a  tax  suffi- 
cient to  raise  the  amount  of  money  voted  in  the  district  for  the 
year,  which  levy  shall  also  be  made  upon  the  assessed  valua- 
tion of  railroad  and  telegraph  property  in  such  school  district 
as  assessed  by  the  state  board  of  equalization.  And  the  county 
clerk  in  making  out  the  annual  tax  list  shall  carry  out  in  a 
separate  column  the  amount  of  the  district  school  tax  in  the 
same  manner  as  other  taxes.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3966.] 


82  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

Manner  of  Collecting  Taxes. 

Sec.  2404.  The  taxes  and  assessments  of  all  school  dis- 
tricts for  all  purposes,  except  as  otherwise  specially  provided 
by  law,  shall  be  collected  like  county  taxes,  and  all  delinquent 
taxes  shall  be  returned  by  the  collector  in  the  same  manner  as 
other  delinquent  taxes  are  required  by  law  to  be  returned. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3967.] 

To  Whom  School  Moneys  Paid. 

Sec.  2405.  The  amount  of  tax  collected  by  the  county 
collector  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  county  treasurer  like  other 
taxes,  and  shall  be  held  by  said  county  treasurer  subject  to 
the  draft  of  the  county  superintendent,  and  shall  be  paid  over 
accordingly;  Provided,  That  the  money  collected  on  the  dis- 
trict tax  rolls  shall  be  paid  by  the  collector  directly  to  the 
treasurer  of  the  proper  district,  and  his  receipt  taken  therefor. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3968.] 

Land  Income  Funds  Available — When. 

Sec.  2485.  On  the  15th  day  of  January,  eighteen  hundred 
and  ninety-nine,  and  on  the  15th  day  of  January  of  each  second 
year  thereafter,  any  and  all  moneys  which  shall  be  in  either  of 
the  following  land  income  funds  shall  become  available,  and 
may  be  used  for  the  following  purposes,  respectively: 

First — The  "deaf,  dumb  and  blind  land  income  fund,"  for 
the  support,  maintenance  and  education  of  all  such  deaf,  dumb 
and  blind  persons  as  are  or  may  hereafter  become  charges 
upon  the  state. 

Second — The  "insane  asylum  land  income  fund,"  for  the 
support  and  maintenance  of  the  state  insane  asylum  and  the 
inmates  thereof. 

Third — The  "fish  hatchery  land  income  fund,"  for  the 
support  and  maintenance  of  the  state  fish  hatchery  in  Albany 
county. 

Fourth — The  "penitentiary  in  Albany  county  land  income 
fund,"  for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  the  penitentiary 
located  in  Albany  county,  and  the  care  and  subsistence  of  the 
convicts  therein. 

Fifth — The  "university  land  income  fund,"  for  the  sup- 
port and  maintenance  of  the  state  university  at  Laramie,  the 
same  to  be  paid  by  the  state  treasurer  to  the  treasurer  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  state  university  upon  the  warrant  of 
the  state  auditor  to  be  issued  upon  request  of  said  board  of 
trustees. 

Sixth — The  "state  charitable,  educational,  penal  and  re- 
formatory institutions  land  income  fund,"  for  the  custody, 
support  and  maintenance  of  state  convicts  and  persons  con- 


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fined  at  the  expense  of  the  state  in  reformatory  institutions 
within  or  without  the  state. 

Seventh — The  ''penal,  reformatory  or  educational  insti- 
tution in  Carbon  county  land  income  fund,"  for  and  toward 
the  completion,  furnishing  and  maintenance  of  the  peniten- 
tiary at  Rawlins,  in  Carbon  county. 

Eighth — The  "miners'  hospital  land  income  fund,"  for 
the  support  and  maintenance  of  the  Wyoming  general  hospital, 
at  Rock  Springs. 

Ninth — The  "public  building  at  the  capital  land  income 
fund,"  for  the  care,  repair,  maintenance  and  furnishing  of  the 
capitol  building. 

Tenth — The  "poor  farm  in  Fremont  county  land  income 
fund,"  for  the  care,  repair,  maintenance  and  improvement  of 
the  poor  farm  in  Fremont  county. 

On  the  fifteenth  day  of  January,  nineteen  hundred  and  one, 
and  on  the  15th  day  of  January  of  each  second  year  thereafter, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  treasurer  to  make  a  report  to 
the  governor  and  to  the  senate  and  house  of  representatives, 
showing  the  amount  of  money  in  each  of  said  land  income  funds 
on  that  date.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  30.] 

CHAPTER  106,  SESSION  LAWS  OF  1911. 
City  or  Town. 

Section  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  city  or  town 
council,  or  other  officer  or  officers  authorized  or  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  under  the  laws  of  the  state  to  direct,  fix  or  make  any 
tax  levy  for  city  or  town  purposes  on  the  assessed  valuation 
of  all  taxable  property  within  the  corporate  limits  of  their  re- 
spective cities  or  towns,  to  hereafter  direct,  fix  or  make  any 
such  tax  levy  which  will  produce  a  sum  of  money  increasing 
by  more  than  two  per  cent,  the  total  produced  within  their  re- 
spective jurisdictions  by  the  tax  levied  for  town  or  city  pur- 
poses for  the  preceding  year.  Provided,  however,  That  if,  in 
any  city  or  town,  it  shall  be  found  to  be  unnecessary  in  any 
year  to  raise  any  revenue  for  city  or  town  purposes  by  direct 
taxation,  no  levy  shall  be  made  for  such  purposes,  and  in  that 
case  the  limitation  in  this  section  provided  shall  thereafter 
relate  back  to  the  last  preceding  year  in  which  a  levy  was 
made ;  and  provided,  further,  that  the  qualified  electors  of  any 
city  or  town  may,  by  direct  vote  at  any  general  or  special  elec- 
tion held  as  provided  by  law  in  such  city  or  town  authorize 
for  one  year  a  further  increase  in  the  levy  above  the  two  per 
cent,  increase  specified  in  this  section,  but  thereafter  the  ad- 
ditional sums  raised  by  such  specially  authorized  levy  shall 
not  be  taken  into  account  in  computing  the  authorized  two  per 
cent,  annual  increase  in  the  levy. 


84  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

County  Commissioners  Limit. 

Sec.  2.  The  power  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners, 
of  each  of  the  several  counties  to  fix  rates  of  levy  annually  by 
means  of  which  to  create  a  fund  out  of  which  to  meet  and  de- 
fray the  current  expenses  of  the  county  is  hereby  limited  as 
follows : 

Assessed  Valuation  Limit. 

Sec.  3.  In  any  county  which  has  an  assessed  valuation  for 
the  current  tax  year  of  four  millions  of  dollars  or  less,  the 
levy  shall  not  exceed  seven  mills  on  the  dollar  of  such  valua- 
tion; and  in  any  county  which  has  an  assessed  valuation  for 
the  current  tax  year  of  five  millions  of  dollars  and  not  less  than 
four  millions  of  dollars  the  levy  shall  not  exceed  six  and  one- 
half  mills  on  the  dollar  of  such  valuation. 

Method  of  Estimating. 

Sec.  4.  In  any  county  which  has  an  assessed  valuation  for 
the  current  tax  year  of  more  than  five  million  dollars  and  not 
in  excess  of  twenty  million  dollars,  the  maximum  levy  shall 
be  determined  by  reducing  the  levy  of  six  and  one-half  mills 
allowed  upon  a  valuation  of  five  millions  dollars  one-tenth  of 
one  mill  for  each  one  million  dollars  in  excess  of  five  million 
dollars,  and  any  rate  of  levy  so  determined  shall  be  the  maxi- 
mum rate  of  levy  for  all  assessed  valuations  which  are  frac- 
tions of  the  next  higher  one  million  dollars  of  valuation. 

The  Same. 

Sec.  5.  In  any  county  which  has  an  assessed  valuation 
for  the  current  tax  year  of  more  than  twenty  million  dollars,, 
the  maximum  levy  shall  be  determined  by  reducing  the  levy  of 
four  and  one-half  mills  allowed  upon  a  valuation  of  twenty 
million  dollars  one  one-hundredth  of  one  mill  for  each  one 
million  dollars  in  excess  of  twenty  million  dollars,  and  any  rate 
of  levy  so  determined  shall  be  the  maximum  rate  of  levy  for 
all  assessed  valuations  which  are  fractions  of  the  next  higher 
one  million  dollars  of  valuation. 

Detail  Illustration. 

Sec.  6.  The  limitations  of  the  county  current  expense  tax 
levies  as  prescribed  and  fixed  in  sections  three,  four,  five  and 
six  of  this  act  are  illustrated  in  detail,  as  follows : 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  less  than  $6,000,000  shall 
be  6.5  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $6,000,000  and  less 
than  $7,000,000  shall  be  6.4  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $7,000,000  and  less, 
than  $8,000,000  shall  be  6.  3  mills. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  85 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $8,000,000  and  less 
than  $9,000,000  shall  be  6.2  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $9,000,000  and  less 
than  $10,000,000  shall  be  6.1  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $10,000,000  and  less 
than  $11,000,000  shall  be  6  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $11,000,000  and  less 
than  $12,000,000  shall  be  5.9  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $12,000,000  and  less 
than  $13,000,000  shall  be  5.8  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $13,000,000  and  less 
than  $14,000,000  shall  be  5.7  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $14,000,000  and  less 
than  $15,000,000  shall  be  5.6  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $15,000,000  and  less 
than  $16,000,000  shall  be  5.5  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $16,000,000  and  less 
than  $17,000,000  shall  be  5.4  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $17,000,000  and  less 
than  $18,000,000  shall  be  5.3  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $18,000,000  and  less 
than  $19,000,000  shall  be  5.2  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $19,000,000  and  less 
than  $20,000,000  shall  be  5.1  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $20,000,000  and  less 
than  $21,000,000  shall  be  4.50  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $21,000,000  and  less 
than  $22,000,000  shall  be  4.49  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $22,000,000  and  less 
than  $23,000,000  shall  be  4.48  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $23,000,000  and  less 
than  $24,000,000  shall  be  4.47  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $24,000,000  and  less 
than  $25,000,000  shall  be  4.46  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $25,000,000  and  less 
than  $26,000,000  shall  be  4.45  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $26,000,000  and  less 
than  $27,000,000  shall  be  4.44  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $27,000,000  and  less 
than  $28,000,000  shall  be  4.43  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $28,000,000  and  less 
than  $29,000,000  shall  be  4.42  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $29,000,000  and  less 
than  $30,000,000  shall  be  4.41  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $30,000,000  and  less 
than  $31,000,000  shall  be  4.40  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $31,000,000  and  less 
than  $32,000,000  shall  be  4.39  mills. 


86  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $32,000,000  and  less 
than  $33,000,000  shall  be  4.38  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $33,000,000  and  less 
than  $34,000,000  shall  be  4.37  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $34,000,000  and  less 
than  $35,000,000  shall  be  4.36  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $35,000,000  and  less 
than  $36,000,000  shall  be  4.35  mills. 

Provided,  That  if  in  any  county  it  shall  be  shown  by  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  of  such  county  that  the  levy 
authorized  by  this  act  would  not  be  sufficient  to  pay  the  cur- 
rent expenses  of  such  county,  or  to  liquidate  its  floating  in- 
debtedness, the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  such  county 
may  apply  to  the  state  board  of  equalization  for  authority  to 
make  a  larger  levy  for  the  current  year  and  such  board  of 
equalization  shall  give  such  authority.  This  proviso  shall  ap- 
ply to  the  year  1911,  1912  and  1913  only.  Provided,  always, 
that  the  board  of  county  commissioners  in  each  and  every 
county  of  this  state  shall  not  expend  in  any  one  year,  out  of 
the  revenue  raised  for  county  current  expenses,  a  sum  amount- 
ing to  more  than  one-fifth  of  such  revenue  for  the  support  of 
the  poor  and  lunatic  purposes,  and  shall  not  expend  for  road 
and  bridge  purposes  in  any  one  year  a  sum  amounting  to  more 
than  one-half  of  the  revenue  raised  for  said  county  current 
expenses;  and  provided,  further,  that  the  qualified  electors 
of  any  county  may,  by  direct  vote  at  any  general  or  special 
election  held  as  provided  by  law  in  such  county,  authorize 
for  one  year  an  increase,  not  exceeding  two  mills  on  the  dollar 
valuation,  in  the  levy  for  county  current  expenses,  over  and 
above  the  maximum  levy  for  such  purpose  in  this  act  pro- 
vided, and  if  so  authorized  then  the  county  board  may  make 
such  increased  levy  for  the  year  voted  upon,  and  thereafter  the 
limitation  of  this  act  shall  apply  unless  an  increased  levy  for 
a  particular  year  shall  be  voted  at  another  election  in  like 
manner. 

County  School  Tax  Limit. 

Sec.  7.  The  authority  of  the  board  of  county  commission- 
ers of  each  county  to  levy  a  general  school  tax,  is  hereby  lim- 
ited so  that  the  board  shall  not  levy  in  excess  of  six-tenths  of 
one  mill  on  the  dollar  upon  all  taxable  property  in  the  county. 

County  Library  Tax  Limit. 

Sec.  8.  The  authority  of  the  board  of  county  commission- 
ers of  each  county  to  levy  annually  a  county  library  tax,  is 
hereby  limited  so  that  the  board  shall  not  levy  in  excess  of  one- 
fourth  of  one  mill  on  the  dollar  upon  all  taxable  property  in 
the  county. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  87 

School  District  Limit. 

Sec.  9.  The  authority  of  the  qualified  electors  of  any 
school  district  at  the  annual  meeting,  to  vote  a  tax  for  school 
purposes,  is  hereby  limited  to  the  extent  that  no  tax  shall  be 
voted  for  such  purposes  which  shall  be  in  excess  of  three  and 
one-half  mills  upon  the  dollar  of  all  the  taxable  property  of 
any  such  school  district.  Provided,  That  in  no  event  shall  any 
school  district  levy  any  greater  tax  than  is  reasonably  neces- 
sary for  the  ensuing  school  year;  and  provided,  further,  that 
the  question  of  an  increased  levy  above  the  limitation  herein- 
before specified  may  be  submitted  by  the  district  board  of  any 
school  district  to  the  electors  of  the  district  at  the  annual 
meeting  or  election,  and  if  so  submitted  due  notice  thereof  shall 
be  given  for  at  least  thirty  days  in  advance  of  such  election 
or  meeting  by  posting  written  or  printed  notices  upon  the 
front  door  of  each  and  every  school  house  in  the  district, 
in  at  least  three  additional  public  places  in  the  district,  and 
said  notice  shall  state  the  proposed  increase  in  the  levy,  which 
increase  shall  not  in  any  case  amount  to  more  than  five  mills 
on  the  dollar  valuation  of  all  the  taxable  property  of  the  dis- 
trict, making  the  aggregate  levy  not  to  exceed  eight  and  one- 
half  mills.  If  fifty-one  per  cent  of  the  votes  cast  at  such  elec- 
tion or  meeting  shall  be  in  favor  of  the  increased  levy,  as 
named  in  said  election  notice,  then  the  officers  charged  with 
levying  taxes  may  make  such  increased  levy  for  the  year  voted 
upon,  and  thereafter,  the  limitation  of  this  act  shall  apply, 
unless  an  increased  levy  for  a  particular  year  shall  be  voted  at 
another  election  in  like  manner;  and  in  all  cases  where  an 
increased  levy  is  voted  the  school  district  clerk  shall  forward 
to  the  county  clerk  and  the  county  superintendent,  with  his 
certificate  of  the  school  district  levy,  his  affidavit  showing  that 
all  of  the  notices  herein  required  to  be  posted  were  in  fact 
duly  posted  at  least  thirty  days  in  advance  of  the  election,  and 
shall  also  forward  a  report  showing  the  number  of  votes  cast 
for  and  against  the  proposition  for  an  increased  levy. 

Bonded  Debt. 

Sec.  10.  This  act  shall  in  no  way  limit  the  amount  of  any 
levy  necessary  to  be  made  for  the  purpose  of  paying  any 
bonded  debt,  judgment  or  the  interest  thereon,  against  any 
county,  city,  town  or  school  district. 

Excess  Levy  Unlawful — Duty  of  Assessor. 

Sec.  11.  Any  levy  which  may  be  certified  to  the  county 
clerk  in  excess  of  the  limitations  fixed  by  this  act  shall  be  un- 
lawful, and  in  any  such  case,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  county 
clerk  or  county  assessor  of  any  county  within  the  state  to 
enter  upon  the  tax  roll  of  the  county  any  such  excessive  levy ; 


88  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

and  in  case  of  any  such  excess  in  any  levy  it  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  the  county  assessor  to  reduce  such  levy  and  to  ex- 
tend upon  the  tax  roll  only  such  part  thereof  as  will  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Misdemeanor. 

Sec.  12.  Any  member  of  any  board,  or  any  other  officer 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  or  more  than 
five  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  also  be  subject  to  removal  from 
office  by  a  civil  action  prosecuted  by  any  tax  payer. 

Repeal. 

Sec.  13.  Sections  2341  and  2342  of  the  Wyoming  Com- 
piled Statutes  of  1910  and  all  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict 
with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  14.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  2nd,  1911. 

DEPOSIT  OF  PUBLIC  MONEY. 

Officers  Deposit  Monthly. 

Sec.  2486.  Every  state  officer,  employee,  department,  or 
commission  receiving  money,  for  or  on  behalf  of  the  state, 
from  any  source,  shall  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  of  each 
month  pay  to  the  state  treasurer  all  such  money,  received  dur- 
ing the  preceding  month,  and  on  the  same  day  shall  file  a  de- 
tailed verified  statement  of  such  receipts  with  the  state  auditor 
and  a  true  copy  thereof  with  the  state  examiner.  [S.  L.  1907, 
Ch.  30,  Sec.  1.] 

State  Board  of  Deposits. 

Sec.  2487.  There  is  hereby  created  a  board  of  deposits 
consisting  of  the  governor,  state  treasurer  and  secretary  of 
state,  and  said  officers  are  hereby  required  to  perform  the 
duties  herein  prescribed,  as  members  of  said  board  of  deposits, 
without  any  extra  or  additional  compensation.  The  governor  of 
the  state  shall  be  chairman  of  said  board,  and  the  state  treas- 
urer, secretary  thereof.  The  records  of  said  board  kept  by  said 
secretary,  or  a  duly  certified  copy  thereof,  shall  be  prima 
facie  evidence  of  the  matter  appearing  therein  in  any  court 
in  the  United  States.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  of 
deposits  to  meet  on  the  first  Monday  of  April  of  each  year, 
or  at  any  other  time,  upon  the  call  of  the  chairman,  and  desig- 
nate such  banks  within  this  state,  as  it  may,  under  the  pro- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  89 

visions  of  this  chapter,  deem  eligible  to  be  made  state  deposi- 
tories for  the  purpose  of  receiving  on  deposit  funds  of  this 
state.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  2.] 

Designation  of  Depositories. 

Sec.  2488.  All  banks,  applying  to  be  made  state  deposito- 
ries under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  shall,  on  or  before  the 
first  Monday  in  April  of  each  year,  file  their  application,  in 
writing,  with  the  secretary  of  the  said  board  of  deposits,  said 
application  to  be  accompanied  by  a  sworn  statement  of  the 
financial  condition  of  said  bank  at  the  time  the  application  is 
made.  The  board  of  deposits  at  its  meeting  shall  pass  upon 
all  applications  made  in  compliance  with  this  chapter,  and 
shall,  over  the  signatures  of  the  members  of  said  board,  or  a 
majority  thereof,  endorse  on  said  application  their  approval  or 
rejection.  Any  and  all  banks  whose  applications  may  be  en- 
dorsed with  the  approval  of  the  board  as  aforesaid,  shall  be 
deemed  eligible  to  be  made  state  depositories  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  3.] 

Deposits  by  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2489.  The  state  treasurer  may  deposit  any  portion 
of  the  public  moneys  in  his  possession  in  such  national  banks 
within  this  state,  or  in  any  state  banks  incorporated  under 
the  laws  of  and  doing  business  in  this  state,  as  shall  have  been 
approved  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  by  the  board 
of  deposits  as  herein  provided ;  but  the  said  treasurer  shall 
not  have  on  deposit  in  any  bank  of  public  funds  more  than 
one-half  of  its  paid  in  and  unimpaired  capital  stock  and  sur- 
plus at  any  one  time.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  4.] 

Interest  and  Security. 

Sec.  2490.  For  the  security  of  funds  so  deposited  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the  state  treasurer  shall  require 
all  such  depositories  to  deposit  securities  of  the  kind  and  char- 
acter hereinafter  described,  or  to  give  bonds  in  some  respon- 
sible surety  company  authorized  to  do  business  in  this  state, 
for  the  payment  of  such  deposits  and  interest  thereon.  Said 
bonds,  when  given,  shall  run  to  the  state  of  Wyoming,  and, 
together  with  the  securities  offered,  shall  be  approved  by  the 
said  board  of  deposits.  Said  bonds  shall  be  conditioned,  that 
the  depositories  shall  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  each  month 
render  to  the  state  treasurer,  and  state  auditor,  a  statement 
in  duplicate,  showing  the  daily  balance  of  state  funds,  and 
the  amount  of  money  of  the  state  held  by  it  during  the  month 
preceding,  and  the  amount  of  the  interest  accrued  thereon, 
and  for  the  payment  of  the  said  deposit  and  the  interest  there- 
on, as  herein  provided,  when  demanded  by  the  state  treasurer, 


90  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

or  his  authorized  deputy  on  his  check,  order  or  demand  at  any 
time,  and  generally  to  do  and  perform  whatever  may  be  re- 
quired by  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  for  a  faithful  dis- 
charge of  the  trust  reposed  in  such  depository.  Said  bonds 
shall  contain  the  further  obligation  to  settle  with  and  pay  to  the 
state  treasurer,  for  the  use  of  this  state,  interest  upon  daily  bal- 
ances on  said  deposit,  or  deposits,  at  the  rate  fixed  by  said 
board  of  deposits,  payable  quarterly,  on  the  first  Monday  in 
January,  April,  July  and  October  in  each  year,  or  at  any  time 
when  the  account  may  be  closed.  Said  bond  shall  be  in  sub- 
stance as  follows : 

Know  All  Men  by  These  Presents :    That  we, , 

as  principal,  and ,  as  surety,  are  held  and 

firmly  bound  unto  the  State  of  Wyoming,  in  the  just  and  full 

sum  of dollars,  for  the  payment  of  which, 

well  and  truly  to  be  made,  we  bind  ourselves,  and  our  success- 
sors  and  assigns,  jointly  and  severally  by  these  presents. 

Dated  the day  of ,  A.  D 

The  condition  of  the  foregoing  is  such  that,  Whereas,  The 
said  bank,  in  consideration  of  the  deposit  of  certain  moneys  of 

the  State  of  Wyoming  for  safe  keeping  in .bank 

of ,  the  amount  whereof  shall  be  subject  ta 

withdrawal  or  diminution  by  the  state  treasurer  of  said  state 
as  the  requirements  of  the  said  state  shall  demand,  and  which 
amount  may  be  increased  or  decreased  as  the  said  treasurer 
may  determine,  and,  Whereas,  The  said  bank,  in  consideration 
of  said  deposits,  and  for  the  privilege  of  keeping  the  same, 
has  agreed  to  pay  and  will  pay  to  the  State  of  Wyoming  in- 
terest on  account  of  said  deposit  at  the  rate  fixed  by  the  board 
of  deposits  of  the  said  state,  to-wit:  Interest  at  the  rate  of 

per  centum  per  annum,  the  same  to  be  paid  quarterly 

on  the  first  days  of  January,  April,  July  and  October  in  each 
year  upon  the  daily  average  balance  of  the  deposit  of  state 
funds  in  the  said  bank,  for  the  quarter  or  any  fraction  thereof 
next  preceding  the  payment  of  said  per  centum,  which  shall  be 
computed  and  credited  to  the  account  of  the  state,  and  shall 
become  a  part  thereof. 

Now,  Therefore,  If  the  said bank  of 

shall  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  each  month  render  to  the 
state  treasurer  and  state  auditor  of  said  state  a  statement 
in  duplicate,  showing  the  daily  balance  of  the  state  moneys 
held  by  it  during  the  month  next  preceding,  and  the  interest 
thereon,  subject  at  all  times  to  the  check,  order  or  demand  of 
the  state  treasurer,  or  his  authorized  deputy,  as  aforesaid,  and 
shall  pay  over  the  same,  and  any  part  thereof,  upon  the  check, 
order  or  demand  of  the  state  treasurer,  or  his  authorized 
deputy,  and  shall  calculate,  credit  and  pay  said  interest  as 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  91 

aforesaid,  in  the  amount  and  manner  aforesaid,  and  shall  in 
all  respects  save  and  keep  the  state  of  Wyoming  and  the  state 
treasurer,  or  his  successor  in  office,  safe  and  harmless  for  and 
by  reason  of  the  making  of  said  deposit,  or  deposits,  then  this 
obligation  shall  be  void  and  of  no  effect,  otherwise  to  be  and  to 
remain  in  full  force  and  virtue. 

It  being  the  further  condition  of  the  above,  however, 
that  said  surety  shall  have  the  right  to  terminate  its  obliga- 
tion hereunder  upon  giving  notice  in  writing  to  the  governor 
and  state  treasurer  of  said  state  of  its  election  so  to  do,  and 
such  termination  shall  take  effect  at  the  expiration  of  thirty 
days  from  receipt  of  said  notice  by  said  governor  and  state 
treasurer. 

Witness  our  hands  and  seals,  the  day  and  year  first  above 
written. 

(Seal) 

'. (Seal) 

In  addition  to  the  other  limitations  herein  provided,  the 
said  treasurer  shall  not  have  on  deposit  in  any  bank,  at  any 
time,  more  than  ninety  per  cent,  of  the  amount  of  the  bond 
given  by  said  bank,  and  the  bonds  shall  be  deposited  with  and 
held  by  the  state  treasurer.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  5.] 

Collateral  Security. 

Sec.  2491.  Any  such  depository  may,  instead  of  such  bond 
in  an  approved  surety  company,  furnish,  as  security  for  such 
deposit,  or  deposits,  United  States  government  bonds,  or  state 
bonds  of  this  state,  county,  city  or  school  district  bonds  or 
warrants  issued  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  this  state,  worth  not 
less  than  their  par  value,  and  in  an  amount  equal,  at  least,  to  the 
maximum  amount  of  money  at  any  time  to  be  deposited  with 
such  bank ;  Provided,  however,  That  for  temporary  deposits  in 
excess  of  the  amount  for  which  such  bank  may  bond  as  pro- 
vided by  this  chapter,  such  depository  or  bank  may  deposit 
local  securities  having  an  appraised  value  of  at  least  twenty- 
five  per  cent,  more  than  the  amount  of  such  temporary  de- 
posits; the  said  securities  to  be  approved  by  said  board  of 
deposits  and  to  be  accompanied  by  a  written  assignment  vest- 
ing the  legal  title  thereto  in  the  state  of  Wyoming,  as  collateral 
security,  that  such  depository,  so  depositing  and  assigning 
said  securities,  shall  and  will  safely  keep  and  pay  over  to  the 
state  treasurer,  or  his  authorized  deputy,  on  his  check,  order 
or  demand,  all  money  which  may  come  into  the  possession  of 
such  depository,  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter,  together  with  all  interest  accruing  thereon  as  herein 
provided,  and  providing,  that  in  case  of  default  on  the  part  of 
such  depository,  the  said  state  shall  have  full  power  and  au- 
thority, to  sell,  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided,  said  secu- 


92  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

rities  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  to  realize  the 
full  amount  of  the  funds  of  the  state  so  deposited  in  said  de- 
pository, together  with  the  interest  thereon.  The  interest  on 
such  bonds,  so  deposited  and  furnished,  shall,  when  paid,-  be 
turned  over  to  the  bank  so  depositing  the  same,  as  long  as  it 
is  not  in  default.  [Amended  Chapter  94,  Session  Laws  1909.] 

Annul  Interest  Rate. 

Sec.  2492.  The  said  board  of  deposits  shall  annually,  on 
the  first  Monday  in  April  of  each  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter 
as  possible,  taking  into  consideration  all  information  before  it, 
fix  the  rate  of  interest  to  be  paid  on  the  deposits  herein  pro- 
vided for,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  two  per  centum  per 
annum,  nor  more  than  four  per  centum  per  annum,  and  which 
said  rate  shall  be  and  go  into  effect  on  the  first  day  of  May 
following,  and  which  rate  shall  not  be  changed  for  a  period  of 
one  year.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  7.] 

Daily  Balance  Computations. 

Sec.  2493.  The  amount  to  be  paid  by  any  and  all  banks, 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  for  interest  on  such  public 
funds  on  deposit,  shall  be  computed  on  the  average  daily  bal- 
ance of  public  moneys  kept  on  deposit  therewith,  and  shall 
be  paid  to  the  state  treasurer  quarterly,  on  the  first  Monday  in 
January,  April,  July  and  October  of  each  year,  and  said  banks 
shall  quarterly,  on  the  first  Monday  of  January,  April,  July 
and  October  of  each  year,  render  a  statement  in  duplicate  to 
the  state  treasurer  and  state  auditor,  showing  the  amount  so 
paid.  The  state  treasurer  shall  require,  and  it  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  every  such  depository  to  keep  accurate  accounts 
of  all  moneys  deposited  with  it,  showing  the  amount  deposited 
and  when  deposited,  and  to  render  on  or  before  the  tenth  day 
of  each  and  every  month,  to  the  state  treasurer  and  state 
auditor  a  statement  in  duplicate  showing  the  daily  balances 
of  the  state  moneys  held  by  it  during  the  month  next  pre- 
ceding, and  the  interest  thereon;  and  all  sums  paid  to  the 
state  for  interest  as  aforesaid  shall  be  credited  by  the  treas- 
urer to  the  account  of  the  several  funds  from  which  it  was  de- 
rived. [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  8.] 

Withdrawals. 

Sec.  2494.  Nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be  held  to  prevent 
the  state  treasurer  or  his  authorized  deputy  from  withdraw- 
ing any  and  all  of  said  funds  so  deposited,  for  the  purpose  of 
paying  the  appropriations  and  obligations  of  the  state  and 
paying  the  same  out  as  lawfully  required,  nor  shall  anything 
in  this  chapter  prevent  the  state  treasurer  or  his  authorized 
deputy  from  withdrawing  any  or  all  of  said  funds  so  deposited, 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  93 

whenever  he  deems  it  advisable  or  to  the  interests  of  the  state  to 
do  so.  The  state  treasurer,  and  his  sureties,  shall  be  respon- 
sible for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  said  treas- 
urer under  the  law,  and  for  a  proper  accounting  and  turning 
over  to  his  successor  of  all  moneys  paid  to  said  treasurer  as 
such ;  but  he  shall  not  be  held  personally  liable  for  any  moneys 
that  may  be  lost  by  reason  of  the  failure  or  insolvency  of  any 
bank  selected  as  a  depository  under  the  provisions  of  this  chap- 
ter, nor  for  the  deficiency  or  loss  upon  any  bond,  or  securities 
deposited  by  any  bank,  if  the  said  bond  or  securities  so  de- 
posited have  been  approved  by  the  board  of  deposits;  Pro- 
vided, however,  That  if  such  loss  could  have  been  avoided  by 
the  exercise  of  reasonable  care  and  diligence  on  the  part  of 
said  treasurer  or  his  deputy,  then  and  in  such  case  the  said 
treasurer  shall  be  liable  to  the  state  for  such  loss ;  but  nothing 
in  this  section  contained  shall  be  construed  as  relieving  from 
any  liability  any  bond  given  or  any  collateral  deposited  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  9.] 

Funds  Not  Deposited. 

Sec.  2495.  Whenever  any  state  funds  remain  on  hand 
which  cannot  be  placed  in  the  banks  of  this  state  under  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter,  then  the  state  treasurer  shall  imme- 
diately notify  the  chairman  of  said  board  of  deposits,  which 
said  board  shall  immediately  thereupon  hold  a  meeting,  and,  if 
possible,  secure  other  banks  in  the  state  to  hold  said  funds 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  During  the  time  that 
funds  cannot  be  deposited  in  the  banks  entitled  thereto  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the  state  treasurer  shall  hold 
said  funds  in  safe  keeping,  and  in  that  case  he  and  his  sureties 
on  his  bond  shall  be  responsible  for  the  safe  keeping  of  such 
money  and  turning  the  same  over  to  his  successor.  [S.  L.  1907, 
Ch.  30,  Sec.  10.] 

Sale  of  Collateral. 

Sec.  2496.  The  state  treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  sell  any  or  all  bonds  that  may  be  deposited  as 
collateral  security  for  the  deposit  of  any  state  fund  in  any 
depository  under  this  chapter,  at  a  public  or  private  sale,  when- 
ever there  shall  be  a  failure  or  refusal  upon  the  part  of  any 
bank,  as  a  state  depository,  to  pay  over  the  funds,  or  any  part 
thereof,  upon  the  demand  or  order  of  the  state  treasurer,  or 
his  authorized  deputy,  on  such  bank.  Notice  of  the  sale  of 
bonds  under  this  chapter  shall  be  given  by  publication  in  a 
newspaper  published  at  the  capital  of  Wyoming,  once  each 
week  for  five  consecutive  weeks,  and  when  a  sale  of  bonds  is 
made  by  the  said  state  treasurer,  either  at  public  or  private  sale 
under  this  chapter,  and  such  bonds  have  been  transferred  by 


94  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

the  chairman  and  secretary  of  the  said  board  of  deposits,  the 
absolute  ownership  of  such  bonds  shall  vest  in  the  purchaser 
or  purchasers,  upon  the  payment  of  the  purchase  money  to  the 
state  treasurer.  Should  there  be  any  surplus  after  paying  the 
amount  due  the  state  and  expenses  of  sale,  it  shall  be  paid  to 
the  bank  which  made  the  deposit  of  such  securities.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  11.] 

Recovery  on  Bonds. 

Sec.  2497.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  attorney  general 
of  the  state  to  enter  and  prosecute,  in  the  name  of  the  state,  to 
final  determination,  all  suits  for  the  recovery  of  any  penalty 
arising  under  the  conditions  of  any  bond  given,  or  required 
to  be  given  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  to  the  state  of 
Wyoming.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  12.] 

Investment  Permanent  Funds. 

Sec.  2498.  Nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be  construed  to 
prevent  the  proper  state  authorities  from  investing  as  provided 
by  law  any  of  the  permanent  funds  of  this  state.  [S.  L.  1907, 
Ch.  30,  Sec.  14.] 

County,  City  and  School  Funds. 

Sec.  2499.  Under  this  chapter  the  term  "  proper  governing 
board"  shall  be  held  to  mean  when  applied  to  the  deposit  of 
county  funds  "the  board  of  county  commissioners"  of  such 
county;  when  applied  to  the  deposit  of  funds  of  a  city  or 
town,  the  mayor  and  council  or  the  mayor  and  trustees,  as 
the  case  may  be,  of  such  city  or  town,  and  when  applied  to 
the  deposit  of  school  district  funds,  the  board  of  directors  or 
trustees  of  such  school  district,  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  15.] 

Deposits— City,  County,  Town  and  School  District  Treasurers. 

Sec.  2500.  Every  county  treasurer,  city  treasurer,  town 
trustees  and  treasurer  of  a  school  district,  within  the  state 
of  Wyoming,  shall  deposit,  and  at  all  times  keep  on  deposit 
for  safe  keeping,  in  banks,  incorporated  under  the  laws  of 
this  state  and  in  national  banks,  doing  business  in  his  county, 
when  designated  as  depositories  by  the  proper  governing  board, 
the  amount  of  moneys  in  his  hands  collected  and  held  by 
him  as  such  treasurer.  Any  such  bank,  located  in  such  county, 
may  apply  for  the  privilege  of  keeping  such  moneys  upon  the 
following  conditions:  All  such  deposits  shall  be  subject  to 
payment  when  demanded  by  the  proper  treasurer  on  his  check, 
order  or  demand,  and  by  all  banks,  receiving  and  holding 
such  deposits,  interest  shall  be  paid  at  a  rate  not  less  than  two 
per  cent,  per  annum  nor  more  than  four  per  cent  per  annum, 
as  may  be  determined  by  the  proper  governing  board  upon  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  95 

amount  so  deposited,  as  hereinafter  provided,  and  subject  also 
to  such  regulations  as  are  imposed  by  law.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch. 
30,  Sec.  16.] 

Depositories — Interest. 

Sec.  2501.  Such  applications  by  such  banks,  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  proper  governing  board  on  or  before  the  first 
Monday  of  April  of  each  year,  and  shall  be  acted  upon  by  the 
proper  governing  board  on  the  said  first  Monday  of  April  of 
each  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  and  said  boarci 
shall  also  at  said  time  fix  the  rate  of  interest,  which  said  rate 
shall  go  into  effect  on  May  1st  following  and  shall  not  be 
changed  for  one  year,  and  no  moneys  shall  be  deposited  by  any 
such  treasurer  except  in  such  banks  as  have  been  approved  by 
the  proper  governing  board.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  17.] 

How  Interest  Computed. 

Sec.  2502.  The  amount  to  be  paid  by  any  and  all  banks 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  for  interest  on  public  funds 
on  deposit  shall  be  computed  on  the  average  daily  balance 
of  the  public  moneys  kept  on  deposit  therewith,  and  shall 
IK-  paid  and  credited  to  the  proper  county,  city,  town  or 
school  district  on  the  first  day  of  January,  April,  July  and  Oc- 
tober of  each  year;  and  every  such  bank  shall  keep  account 
of  such  public  moneys  as  may  be  deposited,  and  when  deposited, 
and  the  interest  thereon  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  make  a  state- 
ment thereof,  in  duplicate,  to  the  proper  treasurer,  and  the 
proper  governing  board,  on  the  first  Monday  of  January,  April, 
July  and  October  of  each  year  and  all  interest  paid  on  said 
public  moneys  shall  be  credited  by  the  proper  treasurer  to  the 
account  of  the  several  funds  from  which  it  is  derived.  [S.  L. 
1907.  Ch.  30,  Sec.  18.] 

Security  Required. 

Sec.  2503.  For  the  security  of  the  funds  so  deposited  un- 
der the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the  proper  treasurer  shall  re- 
quire all  such  depositories  to  give  bonds  for  the  safe  keeping 
and  payment  of  such  deposits  and  the  interest  thereon,  which 
bond  shall  run  to  the  proper  county,  city,  town  or  school  dis- 
trict, and  be  approved  by  the  proper  governing  board  of  such 
county,  city,  town  or  school  district,  and  conditioned  that  such 
depository  shall,  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  January,  April, 
July  and  October  of  each  year,  render  to  the  proper  treasurer, 
^nd  the  proper  governing  board  of  the  county,  city,  town  or 
school  district,  a  statement  in  duplicate,  showing  the  several 
daily  balances,  and  the  amount  of  public  moneys  held  by  it 
during  the  preceding  three  months,  and  the  amount  of  the 
interest  thereon,  and  how  credited,  and  for  the  payment  of  the 


g6  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

said  deposits,  and  the  interest  accrued  thereon,  as  herein  pro- 
vided, and  when  demanded  by  the  proper  treasurer  on  his 
check,  order  or  demand  at  any  time,  and  generally  to  do  and 
perform  whatever  may  be  required  by  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter,  and  a  faithful  discharge  of  the  trust  reposed  in  such 
depository.  The  said  bond  in  substance  shall  be  similar,  or 
as  near  as  may  be,  to  the  bonds  required  of  state  depositories, 
and  when  the  penalty  thereof  exceeds  the  sum  of  five  thousand 
dollars,  such  bond  shall  be  furnished  by  some  responsible 
surety  company  authorized  to  do  business  in  this  state.  No 
county,  municipal  or  school  district  treasurer  shall  have  on  de- 
posit in  any  bank  at  any  one  time  more  than  one-half  of  the 
penal  amount  named  in  its  said  bond  in  all  cases  where  private 
bonds  are  furnished,  nor  more  than  ninety  per  cent,  of  the 
amount  of  all  other  bonds,  nor  more  than  one-half  of  the  paid 
up  capital  stock  and  unimpaired  capital  stock  and  surplus  of 
such  bank.  The  bonds  shall  be  deposited  with  the  clerk  of  the 
county,  city,  town  or  school  district  to  which  said  bond  may 
be  given.  Where  there  are  no  banks  in  the  county,  or  where 
the  banks  in  the  proper  county  refuse  or  fail  to  bid  on  said 
money,  or  refuse  or  fail  to  receive  the  said  funds  under  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter,  then  part  or  all  of  said  money  may  be 
deposited  under  the  conditions  of  this  act,  in  any  other  bank 
in  the  state,  selected  by  the  proper  governing  board  of  the 
county,  city,  town  or  school  district,  as  the  case  may  be.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  19.] 

Collateral  Security. 

Sec.  2504.  Instead  of  the  bonds  provided  for  in  Section 
2503,  the  bank  or  banks  receiving  on  deposit  public  funds  may, 
as  security  therefor,  furnish  to  the  proper  treasurer  of  any 
county,  municipality  or  school  district,  securities  of  the  kind 
mentioned  in  Section  2491,  to  be  approved  by  the  proper  gov- 
erning board  and  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  applicable  to 
such  securities  when  furnished  by  state  depositories,  shall  be 
applicable,  as  near  as  may  be,  to  such  securities  when  furnished 
to  the  treasurer  of  any  county,  municipality  or  school  district. 
[S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  20.] 

Funds  Not  Deposited. 

Sec.  2505.  Whenever  funds  remain  on  hand  which  can- 
not be  placed  in  the  banks  of  the  respective  counties  of  this 
state  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  then  the  proper 
treasurer  shall  immediately  notify  the  chairman  of  the  proper 
governing  board,  which  said  board  shall  immediately  thereupon 
hold  a  meeting  and,  if  possible,  secure  other  banks  in  the  state 
to  hold  said  funds  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  During 
the  time  that  funds  cannot  be  deposited  in  the  banks  entitled 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  97 

thereto  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the  proper  treas- 
urer shall  hold  said  deposits  in  safe  keeping,  and  shall  be  liable 
on  his  official  bond  for  such  funds  so  held.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch. 
30,  Sec.  21.  J 

Treasurer's  Liability. 

Sec.  2506.  No  county,  city,  town  or  school  district  treas- 
urer shall  be  liable  on  his  official  bond  for  money  on  deposit 
in  any  bank  under  and  by  direction  of  the  proper  legal  au- 
thority and  in  conformity  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  if 
said  bank  has  given  bond  which  has  been  approved  as  herein 
provided,  except  in  cases  where  any  loss  could  have  been  pre- 
vented by  the  exercise  of  reasonable  care  on  the  part  of  such 
treasurer.  Nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  be  con- 
strued as  relieving  from  any  liability  any  bond  given  or  any 
collateral  deposited  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  Nor 
shall  anything  in  this  chapter  prevent  the  proper  treasurer  from 
withdrawing  any  or  all  funds  by  him  deposited  in  accordance 
with  this  chapter,  whenever  he  deems  it  advisable  or  to  the 
interests  of  the  public  which  he  represents,  or  to  pay  out  money 
as  by  law  required.  [S.  L.' 1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  22.] 

Profit  Making  Prohibited. 

Sec.  2507.  The  making  of  profit,  directly  or  indirectly, 
by  any  state  treasurer,  or  by  the  treasurer  of  any  county, 
city,  town  or  school  district,  or  by  any  other  public  officer  or 
employee  having  in  his  custody  or  under  his  control  any  pub- 
lic moneys,  by  loaning  such  moneys  or  by  depositing  the  same 
contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  or  the  using  of  such 
moneys  by  any  of  said  public  officers  or  employes  for  any  pur- 
pose not  authorized  by  law,  shall  be  deemed  a  felony  and  are 
hereby  prohibited,  and  any  of  said  public  officers  or  em- 
ployees who  shall  violate  any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of 
this  section  shall,  on  conviction,  be  punished  by  imprisonment 
in  the  state  penitentiary  for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  years  or 
by  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  23.] 

Bribes— Penalty. 

Sec.  2508.  The  offering  or  giving,  directly  or  indirectly, 
by  any  person  to  any  public  officer  or  employee  having  in 
his  custody  or  under  his  control  any  public  moneys  of  any 
gift,  compensation,  reward  or  inducement  for  the  purpose  of 
inducing  any  such  public  officer  or  employee  to  deposit  such 
public  moneys  in  any  bank  or  to  use  the  same  in  any  manner 
not  authorized  by  law,  shall  be  deemed  a  felony  and  is  hereby 
prohibited,  and  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall,  on  conviction,  be  punished  by  imprisonment 


98  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

in  the  penitentiary  for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  years  or  by 
a  fine  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  24.] 

PROTECTION  OF  BIRDS. 

Unlawful  to  Kill— Penalty. 

Sec.  2788.  Any  person  who  shall,  within  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  kill  or  catch  or  have  in  his  or  her  possession,  living 
or  dead,  any  wild  bird  other  than  a  game  bird,  or  who  shall 
purchase,  offer  or  expose  for  sale  any  such  wild  bird  after 
it  has  been  killed  or  caught,  shall  for  each  offense,  be  subject 
to  a  fine  of  not  more  than  five  dollars  for  each  such  bird 
killed  or  caught,  or  had  in  possession,  living  or  dead,  or  im- 
prisonment for  not  more  than  ten  days,  or  both,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  the  court.  For  the  purposes  of  this  chapter  the  fol- 
lowing only  shall  be  considered  game  birds:  The  Anatidae, 
commonly  known  as  swans,  geese,  brant  and  river  and  lake 
ducks ;  the  Eallidae,  commonly  known  as  rails,  coots  and  mud- 
hens;  the  Limicolae,  commonly  known  as  shore-birds,  plovers, 
snipe,  sandpipers,  tatlers,  willets,  curlews,  godwits  and  avocets ; 
the  Gallinaw,  commonly  known  as  grouse,  prairie  chickens, 
pheasants,  sage  hens,  partridges  and  quails.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch. 
37,  Sec.  1.] 

Destruction  of  Eggs — Penalty. 

Sec.  2789.  Any  person  who  shall,  within  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  take  or  needlessly  destroy  the  nest  or  the  eggs  of 
any  wild  bird,  or  shall  have  such  nest  or  eggs  in  his  or  her  pos- 
session, shall  be  subject  for  each  offense  to  a  fine  of  not  more 
than  five  dollars,  or  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  ten  days, 
or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court,  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37, 
Sec.  2.] 

Scientific  Use  Permitted. 

Sec.  2790.  Sections  2788  and  2789  shall  not  apply  to  any 
person  holding  a  certificate  giving  the  right  to  take  birds,  their 
nests  and  eggs,  for  scientific  purposes,  as  provided  for  in 
Section  2791.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37,  Sec.  3.] 

Certificates— Bond. 

Sec.  2791.  Certificates  may  be  granted  by  the  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  to  any  properly  accredited  person 
of  the  age  of  fifteen  years  or  upwards,  permitting  the  holder 
thereof  to  collect  birds,  their  nests  or  eggs,  for  strictly  scien- 
tific purposes  only.  No  such  certificate  shall  be  issued  until 
the  applicant  therefor  shall  have  filed  with  the  said  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  written  testimonials  from  two 
well  known  scientific  men  or  educators,  certifying  to  the  good 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  99 

character  and  fitness  of  said  applicant  to  be  entrusted  with 
such  privilege.  Said  applicant  must  file  with  said  persons  or 
officers  a  properly  executed  bond,  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
dollars,  signed  by  two  responsible  citizens  of  the  state  as  sure- 
ties. This  bond  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  state,  and  the  certifi- 
cate become  void,  upon  proof  that  the  holder  of  such  certificate 
has  killed  any  birds,  or  taken  the  nest  or  eggs  of  any  bird, 
for  other  than  the  purposes  named  in  Sections  2790  and  2791, 
and  shall  be  further  subject  for  each  offense  to  the  penalties 
provided  therefor  in  Sections  2788  and  2789.  [S.  L.  1901, 
Ch.  37,  Sec.  4.] 

Term  of  Certificate. 

Sec.  2792.  The  certificate  authorized  by  this  act  shall  be 
in  force  for  one  year  only  from  the  date  of  its  issue,  and  shall 
not  be  tranferable.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37,  Sec.  5.] 

Birds  Not  Protected. 

Sec.  2793.  The  following  named  birds  shall  be  exempt 
from  protection  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  viz: 
English  sparrow,  magpie,  sharp-shinned  hawk,  Cooper's  hawk, 
goshawk,  duck  hawk,  gold  or  brown  eagle,  kingfisher  and 
blue  heron.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37,  Sec.  6;  S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  79.] 

BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 

Vaccination. 

Sec.  2940.  The  state  board  of  health  may  adopt  such 
measures  for  the  general  vaccination  of  the  inhabitants  of  any 
city,  town  or  county  in  the  state,  as  they  shall  deem  proper 
and  necessary  to  prevent  the  introduction  or  arrest  the  pro- 
gress of  smallpox;  and  every  person  who  shall  refuse  to  be 
vaccinated,  or  prevent  any  person  under  his  care  and  control 
from  being  vaccinated,  or  who  shall  fail  to  present  himself 
or  herself  to  the  county  health  officer  or  a  practicing  physi- 
cian acting  under  the  direction  of  the  board  or  county  health 
officer,  for  the  purpose  of  being  vaccinated,  if  such  physician 
believes  vaccination  necessary,  shall  upon  conviction  be  fined 
not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  less  than  ten  dollars,  or 
imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not  more  than  thirty  days.  [S.  L. 
1901,  Ch.  55,  Sec.  13.] 

INTEREST  AND  USURY. 
When  Rate  Not  Effective. 

Sec.  3364.  The  rate  of  interest  fixed  by  this  chapter  shall 
not  affect  interest  on  purchase  of  school,  university  and  agri- 
cultural lands,  or  on  lands  delinquent,  or  sold  for  the  non- 
payment of  taxes ;  or  the  rates  of  interest  on  warrants  issued 


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by  the  proper  authorities  of  the  state,  county,  city,  town,  vil- 
lage or  other  municipal  subdivision,  or  any  bonds  issued  by  any 
county,  city,  town,  village  or  school  district,  but  they  and  each 
of  them  shall  draw  interest  and  be  payable  in  the  manner  now, 
or  that  may  hereafter  be  fixed  by  law.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  30, 
Sec.  10.] 

Interest  on  Public  Warrants. 

Sec.  3365.  All  state,  county,  school  district,  town,  city,, 
or  other  public  warrants  issued  after  June  Istj  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  ninety,  for  any  salary  or  salaries,  fee  or  fees,  or  for 
pr  on  account  of  any  public  indebtedness,  claim  or  demand, 
whatever,  which  indebtedness,  claim  or  demand  shall  have 
accrued  on  any  public  contract,  transaction,  or  liability,  en- 
tered into  or  arising  after  the  1st  day  of  June,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  ninety,  shall  draw  interest  upon  the  amount  ex- 
pressed in  such  warrant  or  warrants  at  the .  rate  of  six  per 
centum  per  annum  from  the  date  of  the  presentation  thereof 
for  payment  at  the  treasury  or  other  place  where  the  same 
may  be  payable,  until  there  is  money  in  the  treasury  for  the 
payment  thereof,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  allow  or  pay  any 
rate  of  interest  upon  such  warrant  or  warrants,  except  as 
herein  specified  and  expressed,  and  every  state  or  county 
treasurer  or  municipal  officer  duly  authorized  to  act  as  treas- 
urer, to  whom  such  warrant  or  order  is  presented  for  payment,, 
provided  he  has  not  sufficient  funds  in  the  treasury  to  pay  the 
same,  shall  endorse  thereon  the  words  "not  paid,  for  want  of 
funds,-"  and  sign  and  date  the  same  officially.  [S.  L.  1890, 
Ch.  22.] 

LEGAL  HOLIDAYS. 

Legal  Holidays. 

Sec.  3581.  The  1st  day  of  January,  the  12th  day  of  Febru- 
ary, the  22d  day  of  February,  the  30th  day  of  May,  the  4th  day 
of  July,  the  day  that  may  be  appointed  by  the  president  of  the 
United  States  as  the  annual  Thanksgiving  day,  the  25th  day  of 
December  of  each  and  every  year,  all  days  upon  which  general 
elections  are  held  and  arbor  day,  are  hereby  declared  legal 
holidays  in  and  for  the  state  of  Wyoming.  If  the  1st  day  of 
January,  the  12th  day  of  February,  the  22d  day  of  February, 
the  30th  day  of  May,  the  4th  day  of  July  or  the  25th  day  of 
December,  fall  upon  a  Sunday,  the  Monday  following  shall  be 
a  legal  holiday.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  93.] 

Note — Labor  day  is  a  national  holiday. 

Arbor  Day. 

Sec.  3582.  The  governor  shall  annually,  in  the  spring, 
designate  by  official  proclamation,  an  arbor  day,  to  be  ob- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  101 

served  by  the  schools  and  for  economic  tree  planting.     [R.  S. 
1899,  Sec.  2697.] 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Public  Officers  Subject  to  Garnishment. 

Sec.  4997.  All  state,  county,  city,  town  and  school  district 
officers  shall  be  liable  and  subject  to  garnishment  in  civil  ac- 
tions on  debts  hereafter  contracted,  in  the  same  manner,  and 
for  the  same  causes  as  private  individuals  now  are,  or  here- 
after may  be  liable  and  subject  to  garnishment  under  the  laws 
of  this  state.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  140,  Sec.  1.] 

Disposition  of  Fines. 

Sec.  6116.  If  a  fine  be  imposed  and  paid  before  commit- 
ment, it  shall  be  received  by  the  justice  and  by  him  paid  over  to 
the  county  treasurer,  within  thirty  days  after  the  receipt 
thereof,  for  the  use  of  the  schools  in  the  county.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3651.] 

Payment  of  Fine  After  Commitment. 

Sec.  6117.  If  the  defendant  be  committed  for  not  pay- 
ing a  fine,  he  may  pay  it  to  the  sheriff  of  the  county,  or  to  the 
justice  by  whom  the  commitment  was  made,  but  to  no  other 
person;  who  must  in  like  manner,  within  thirty  days  after 
the  receipt  thereof,  pay  it  into  the  county  treasury  for  the 
use  of  the  schools  in  the  county.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3652.] 


Index  to  School  Laws. 


Sec.  Page 

Abusive  language— Penalty  for 1959  38 

Animals — Humane  treatment  of 1975  42 

Arbor  Day   3582  100 

Assessment — How   determined    1151  19 

Assessment  in  School  Districts 2402  81 

Attorney  General — Duties  of 145  6 

Shall  approve  investment  of  land  funds 125 

Auditor  may  withhold  salaries — When 1148  18 

Biennial  report  of  state  officers 262  8 

Bids— When  advertised   for 1946  34 

Birds— 

Destruction  of  eggs  prohibited — Penalty 2789  98 

Certificates— By  whom  issued— Bond 2791  98 

Scientific  use  permitted 2790  98 

Term  of  certificate 2792  99 

Not  protected    2793  99 

Bonded  debt 87 

Board  of  Charities  and  Reform 436  14 

Board  of  Examiners — 

Appointed  by  whom 2013 

Bond  required  of  Secretary 2024 

Certificates  extended  on  reading  circle  work 2019  57 

Certificate  fees    2023  56 

Certificates— How  issued  2026 

Certificates  of  special  class 2017 

Certificates   on  examination 2013  52 

Certificates  presented  from  other  states 2018 

Certificates   without   examination 2014  53 

Certificates  valid — How  long 2015  54 

Certificates  valid  for  teaching  in  what  schools 2016  54 

Classes  of  certificates  authorized 2013  52 

Compensation     2013  52 

Compensation  denied  to  teacher  without  certificate 2020  56 

County  permits  granted — When  and  by  whom 2025  57 

Reading  circle  work 2019  56 

Reading  circle  work  recommended  by 2021  56 

Registration  of  certificates 2022  56 

Shall  adopt  rules  and  regulations 2013  52 

Shall  be   established 2013  52 

Shall  make  annual  report  to  State  Superintendent 2027  57 

Shall   prepare  examination   questions 2013  52 

Shall  recommend  certificates 2013  52 

Who   shall   constitute. 2013  52 

Board  of  Trustees — 

Advertise  for  bids 1946  34 

Election  of — When  increased  to  six 1931  31 

Meets  when   1934  31 

Oath  of  1929  30 

Board  of  Trustees  of  University , 413  14 

Bonds  and  oaths  of  county  officers 1 135  16 


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Bonds—  $eCf  •  page 

Custodian  of  state 106  3 

Exempt  from  taxation 2323  79 

Failure  to  give 1141  17 

For  High   School   District .- 2065  68 

For  School   (See  School  District  Bonds) 

Guaranty  company  287  13 

High  School  District— Payment  of 2067  70 

How   invested    126  4 

Limitation  on  expense  of 288  14 

Of  revenue  officers 1 156  20 

Of   Treasurer 281  11 

Of  Treasurer— Premium  payable  on 283  12 

Payable  to  state— When 1 155  20 

Premium  on 126  4 

Required  when    1157  20 

Secretary  of  Board  of  Examiners * 2024  57 

State  Auditor    266  9 

State  Treasurer    266  9 

Surety 286  13 

Surety  company — Expense   of 286  13 

Sureties  on  285  12 

Book  companies    ' 2003  49 

Books  donated  to  State   Superintendent 134  4 

Books   for  county  library 1318  26 

Books.     (See  free  text  books.) 

Boundaries  of  districts — When  changed 1301  24 

Census  enumeration    1992  45 

Census  enumerator — By  whom  employed 1993  46 

Census — To  determine  population 1149  19 

Certificates.     (See  Board,  of  Examiners.) 

Certificate  fee   2023  56 

Certificate  from  other  states 2018  55 

Certificates  issued  by  whom 2026  57 

Certificate  of  graduation  from  District  High  School 2078  .    73 

Certificate   necessary  to   compensation 2020  56 

Certificate— Special   2017  56 

Certificate  to  be  registered  with  County  Superintendent 2022  56 

Certificate  to  collect  birds,  their  nests  or  eggs 2793  98 

Children  excusable  from  attending  School — When 1956  36 

City  or  town  has  no  power  to  fix  tax  levy 83 

Classification    of    counties 1070  15 

Clerk  of  School  District  shall  notify  Assessor 2402  81 

Clerks  of  boards — Compensation  of 271  10 

Collateral  security  2491  91 

Collection  of  fines -1970  41 

Collateral  security — County  Treasurer 2504  96 

Collector  of  taxes 1 183  21 

Colored  children— Separate    School    for 1954  36 

Commissioners  may  require  new  bonds — When 1157  20 

Compensation  denied  to  teachers  without  certificates 2020  56 

Compulsory  attendance  1956  36 

Compulsory  education — Free  to  all  children 1956  36 

Duty  of  truant  officer 1957  37 

Duty  of  district  board 1958  38 

Duty  of  County  Superintendent 1958  38 

Duty  of  teacher 1958  38 

Computation  of  mileage 1 138  16 

Condition  of  Treasurers'  bond.  .                                                       .   284  12 


INDEX  TO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  105 

Sec.  Page 

Copies  of  records  as  evidence 1 147  18 

Contingent  funds    252  7 

Contingent  funds — Receipts  for  expense 251  7 

Contingent  funds— State  officers 252  7 

Contracting — Restrictions   upon  public   officers 280  11 

Counsel — Employment   of    1969  40 

Counties — Classification  of 1070  15 

County  Attorney — Advisor  of  county  officers . . ; 1207  22 

County  boundaries — Effect  of  change  on  School  Districts 1972  41 

County     Commissioners — Appeal     from     County     Superintend- 
ent to  1927  29 

May   call   special    elections 2110  76 

Shall   equalize  assessments 2403  81 

County  School  tax  limited 86 

County  High  Schools .- 2051  64 

.County  High  School— Funds  for 1299  23 

County  library  tax  limited 86 

County  library — 

Board   of   directors 1318  26 

Librarian    1319  27 

Location  of 1319  27 

Purchase  of  books  for 1318  26 

Tax  to  be  levied— Amount 1316  26 

Tax— How  levied  and  collected , 1317  26 

To  be  free 1320  28 

Use  of  books 1321  28 

County  officers — 

Duties   of    2091  75 

Election — Occurs   when    2091  75 

How  paid   1145  18 

May  appoint   deputies — When 1151  19 

May  give  surety  bond 286  .13 

Mileage  of 1138  16 

Time  of  qualifying 1136  16 

County  officers — Vacancies ; 2112  76 

Vacancies    1137  16 

County  Treasurer — 

Collector  of  taxes 1183  21 

Custodian  of  county  funds 1 186  21 

Shall  receive  School  money 2405  82 

Courses  of  study  for  High  School  District 2074  72 

Defacing  School  property— Penalty  for 1959 

Deposits  of  public  money — 

Annual  interest  rate 2492  .92 

Bribe  penalty  2508  97 

Collateral  security  State  Treasurer 2491  91 

County,  city  and  School  funds.     (Proper  governing  board)  .2499  94 

Collateral  security  County  Treasurer 2504  96 

Daily  balance  computations — State 2493  92 

Deposits  by  State  Treasurer 2489  89 

Deposits,  county,  city  and  School.  ..'..„ 2500  94 

Designation   of  depositories 2488  89 

Depositories— Interest    .-2501  95 

Funds  not  deposited— State 2495 

Funds  not   deposited — County 2505  96 

Interest  and  security— State '. 2490 

Interest — How  computed — County 2502  95 

Officers    deposit   monthly— State 2486  88 


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Deposits  of  public  money — (Continued).                                           Sec.  Page 

Permanent  fund  investment 2498  94 

Profit  making  prohibited 2507  97 

Recovery  on  bonds 2497  94 

Sale  of  collaterals 2496  93 

Security  required  County  Treasurer 2503  95 

State  Board  of  Deposits 2487  88 

Treasurers'  liability  2506  97 

Withdrawals   State  Treasurer 2494  92 

Depositories— Interest 2501  95 

Deputies 

Bonds  of 1153  19 

Clerks  of  boards 271  10 

For  County  Superintendent 1306  25 

How  appointed  1151  19 

Officers  responsible  for 1152  19 

Power  of 1153  19 

Salaries  of 270  10 

Who  may  appoint 269  10 

Destruction  of  birds'  nests  or  eggs — Penalty  for 2789  98 

Destruction  of  School  property— Penalty  for 1959  38 

Directors— Oath  of 1929  30 

Discrimination  for  religious  belief  prohibited 1965  40 

Discrimination  on  account  of  sex  prohibited 1965  40 

Disposition  of  fines 1970  41 

Distribution  of  School  funds— By  whom 1997  47 

District- 
As  body  corporate 2052  64 

Appeal  from  Superintendent  on  formation  of 1927  29 

Body  corporate  1933  31 

Formation  of  1926  29 

How  annexed   2080  73 

District  Board — 

Appoint  visiting  committee 1948  35 

May  establish  Manual  Training  schools *. 1975  42 

May  remove  scholars 1945  34 

Meets  when  1934  31 

Members  may  administer  oaths — When 1944  34 

Powers  and  duties  of 1943  34 

Shall  audit  and  pay  claims 1949  35 

Shall  meet— When 1942  34 

District  Clerk— Duty  of 1984  43 

District  High  School— How  established 1953  36 

District  High  School— How  formed ' 2053  64 

District  meetings — Special    1950  35 

District  officers— First  election  of , 1928  30 

District  officers  may  employ  counsel — When 1969  40 

District  officers  shall  qualify 1941  34 

District  School  tax— How  paid  over 2405  82 

District  School  tax— How  recorded .' 2403  81 

District  Treasurer's  bond 1299  23 

District  Treasurer  shall  give  bond. 1952  35 

District  Trustees— When  elected 1930  30 

Distribution  of  School  land  funds — By  whom 1299 

Donations  for  Schools — How  received 973  41 

Duties- 
Clerk  '. 1980  43 

District  High  School  Board 2070  70 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 133  4 


INDEX  TO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  107 

Duty  of  District  officers—                                                                   Sec.  Page 

Clerk  to  certify  debt  limit 1981  43 

Clerk— Duties  of 1980  43 

Clerks  shall  defend  Districts  and  suits 1979  43 

Clerks  shall  report  to  County  Superintendent— When 1983  44 

Clerks  shall  keep  accounts . .  1982  43 

Director  shall  countersign  orders 1977  42 

Director  shall  defend  Districts  in  suits 1979  43 

Director  shall  preside  at  meetings 1977  42 

District  money — How  received 1989  45 

District    meetings — Notice    of 1983  43 

Drafts  and  orders — How  drawn 1978  42 

Duties  of  Treasurer 1986  44 

Enumeration  of  children 1992  45 

Enumerator — Employment  of 1993  46 

Enumeration — Penalty  for  making  false 1994  46 

Enumeration — -Penalty  for  failure  to  make 1995  46 

Flag  to  be  displayed  on  School  House 1991  45 

Failure  to  make  report— Penalty 1985  44 

Funds  for  teachers 1988  45 

Notice  for  District  meetings 1983  43 

Penalty  for  failure  to  make  report 1985  44 

Report  of  Clerk  to  County  Superintendent 1984  43 

Report  of  Treasurer 1986  44 

School  House  fund ; 1988  45 

Statement  of  Treasurer 1990  45 

Teachers'  fund    1987  44 

Treasurer— Duties  of   1986  44 

Treasurer  shall  publish  report 1986  44 

Treasurer  shall  receive  District  money 1989  45 

Treasurer  shall  render  statement  on  request 1990' 

Election  of  county  officers 2091 

Election  of  Trustees — Manner  of  conducting 1939  33 

Election  of  Trustees 1930  30 

Election  of  state  officers 2088  74 

Election  of  Trustees  in  High  School  District .2060  67 

Elections — Who  may  vote  at 2092  75 

Electors  may  bond  High  School  District— When 2065  68 

Electors— Qualification    of    1940  33 

Employment  of  counsel 1969  40 

Enumeration — 

Duty  of  County  Superintendent  in  census 1996  47 

Of  legal  holidays 3581  100 

Penalty  of  false  census ." 1994  46 

Report  compiled  by  County  Superintendent 1996  47 

Of  School  children 1992  45 

When  made  by  County  Superintendent 1995  46 

Equalization  of  assessment  and  levy  of  taxes 2403  81 

Examination  required  1966  40 

Examiners.     (See  Board  of  Examiners). 

Excess  levy  unlawful — Duty  of  Assessor 

Exemption  from  taxation 2321 

Exemption  from  taxation — Bonds 2323 

Exemption   from  examination 2014 

Extension  of  certificates 2019  56 

Expense  of  state  officers 249  6 

Expense  of  transportation 1139 

Failure  to  enumerate — Penalty 1995  46 

Failure  to  give  new  bond  renders  office  vacant 1141  17 


io8  INDKX  TO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Sec.     Page 

Failure  to  pay  over  money 1971          41 

False  enumeration — Penalty  1994          46 

Fines — Collection  and  disposition  of 1970          41 

Fines — Disposition  of 6116        101 

Fines — Payment  of  after  commitment 6117        101 

Fiscal  year   1146          18 

Flag  to  be  displayed  on  School  House 1991 

Form  of  tax  list  and  time  of  tax  levy 2343          80 

Formation  of  High  School  District 2051          64 

Free  text-books — 

Attorney  General  must  investigate  violation  of  contract. .  .2010          51 

Books — Paid  for  from  what  fund 2004          50 

Books — Paid  for  by  order  on  District  Treasurer 2005          50 

Books— Property  of   District 2011 

Books — Pupils  may  purchase 2012          51 

Contract  supplied  by  State  Superintendent 2009 

Contract — Violation  of 2010          51 

Directors  may  contract  for 2002          49 

Duty  of  School  Directors 2002          49 

Duty  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 2008          50 

Orders — From  what  funds  paid 2006 

Publisher  becoming  member  of  trust  nullifies  contract 2007          50 

Publishers  must  file  bond 2003          49 

Pupils  may  purchase  books 2012 

State  Superintendent  furnish  form  of  contract. 2009 

State  Superintendent  shall  receive  sworn  price  lists 2008 

Sworn  price  lists  submitted  to  whom 2008          50 

Text  books  in  Public  Schools 2002 

Violation   of  contract — How   investigated 2010          51 

Funds — Land  income   2485          82 

Funds  of  District — Liability  of  Treasurer  for '. 1974 

Funds  of  School  District— How  transferred 1938 

Garnishment  of  salary  of  public  officers 4787        101 

Governor — 

Free  access  to  state  offices 83 

May  require  reports — When 84 

Reports  to 84 

Shall  appoint  Trustees  of  University 413 

Shall  approve  investment  of  land  funds 125 

High  School  Districts- 
Admission  of  pupils  from  other  Districts 2076 

Annexation   of  District 2080 

Appointment  first  Trustees 2059          66 

Body  corporate   '. 2052          64 

Bonds— Tax  levy  2065 

Bonds — Payment  of 2067          70 

Canvass   « 2058          66 

Collection  of  tax 2069 

Courses  of  study : 2074          72 

Certificates  of  graduation 2078          /  3 

Commissioners'  action  on  return  of  election 2083          74 

Districts — How  annexed   2080 

Election— Called  by  Commissioners 2054          65 

Election — Failure  of  Trustees  to  open 2055 

Election— Judges  of 2056          65 

Election  by  ballot 2057          65 

Election  of  Trustees— Time 2060 

Employment  of  faculty 2072          71 

Estimate  for  maintenance  when  bonds  are  issued 2068          70 


INDEX  TO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  109 

High  School  Districts — (Continued).                                                  Sec.  Page 

Failure  of  Trustees  to  open  election.  . .  .  -. 2055  65 

Formed— How     2053  64 

Free  to  bona  fide  residents 2079  73 

Government    2073  71 

High   School    District— Formation ...2051  64 

How    formed 2053  64 

Judges  of  election    2056  65 

Mileage  of  Trustees 2077 

Payment  of  bonds 2067  70 

Petition  for  annexation 2081  73 

Powers  of  Board 2064  68 

Quorum  2062  67 

Record  of  proceedings 2070  70 

Return — Commissioners'  action  , . .  .  .2083  74 

Submission  of  bonding  question  to  electors 2066  69 

Submission  of  question 2082  74 

Tax  levy  and  bond 2065  68 

Trustees— Terms   2061  67 

Trustees  provide  suitable  buildings 2071  71 

When  created — Appointment  first  Trustees 2059  66 

Where  located  2063  67 

Funds  for  High  School 1299  23 

High   School— Establishment  of 1953  36 

Holidays— Enumeration  of   3581  100 

Humane  treatment  of  animals 1976  42 

Indebtedness  in  excess  of  constitutional  limit — Void 1353  29 

Insulting  language — Penalty  for 1957  37 

Interest  on  public  warrants : 3365  100 

Interest  and  security  of  state 2490  89 

Interest  rate  3364  99 

Interest — How  computed — County   2502  95 

Inventory  of  state  property — To  whom  and  when  made 268  9 

Kindergartens.     (See  Public  Kindergartens). 

Lands  for  Schools 602  15 

Land  Board— Duties   602  15 

Land  funds — How  distributed 135  5 

Investment  of  , 125  3 

Not  apportioned — To  what   District 135  5 

Land  income  funds  available — When 2485  82 

Lease  of  School  lands 602  15 

Legal  holidays  3581  100 

Liability  of  parents  for  truancy 1957  37 

Librarian— County    library    1319  27 

Library— Donations   for   1319  27 

Library  is  to  be  free 1320  28 

Library — Location  of 1319  27 

Library — Purchase   of   books 1318  26 

Libraries— Tax  for 1316  26 

Library  tax— How  levied  and  collected 1318  26 

Library  Trustees  1318  26 

Library  Trustees — Appointment  of 1318  26 

Library  Trustees — Bonds  of 1318  26 

Library  Trustees — Report  to  Commissioners 1321  28 

Libraries — Use  of  books  from 1321  28 

Limitation  on  expense  of  bond 288  14 

Limitation  of  expense — Penalty  for  violation  of 249  6 

Manner  of  collecting  taxes 2404  82 

Manual  Training  Schools— How  established 1975  42 


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Sec.    Page 
Mileage—  How  computed  .....  .  .  .............................  JJ38 

Mileage  of  county  officers  ....................................  "J?          ™ 

Money—  Object  to  be  designated  in  voting  ....................  1»»          oz 

Money—  Public  ..............................................  }™8          18 

New  Districts—  Notice  of  formation  of  ..........  . 

Notice  of  special  District  meetings 

Oath  of  county  officers 

Office   holders—  Qualifications   of 

Qffice_persons   disqualified   for  ..............................  2275  // 

Offices  to  be  at  county  seats—  Records  public  ..................  1134          15 

Office—  Resignation  of  elective  ................................  ^2          4, 

Offices—  Vacancies  in—  Elective  ..............................  UU          (' 

Officers—  Board  of  Charities  and  Reform  .....................  gj 

Officers  failing  to  pay  over  money—  Penalty  ...................  19/1 

Officers  deposit  monthly—  State  ..............................  ^ 

Officers  filling  vacancy  to  give  bond  ..........................  Jlje          *J 

Officers—  How  removed 

Officers  responsible  for  acts  of  deputies 

Officers  removed—  By  whom  ..................  , 

Officers  shall  not  contract—  When 

Officers  to  balance  accounts—  When  ..........................  &&  9 


Officers  to  be  paid  in  warrants  ...................  ............  J  J^  15 

Official  bonds—  Payable  to  state  ..............................  Jig 

Official  year  defined  .......................................  '•  •*«§ 

Payment  of  fine  after  commitment 

Penalty  for  failure  to  pay  over  money  ...................  - 

Penalty  for  failure  to  make  reports  .......  ' 

Penalty  for  failure  to  deliver  records 

Penalty  for  false  enumeration 

Penalty  for  failure  to  publish  accounts 

Perjury  by  surety  ........  . 

Permanent  fund  investment 

Permits  granted  by  County  Superintendent.  .  .  .  .  ..............  ^5          5/ 

Persons  disqualified  from  voting  or  holding  office  ............     /o  // 

Physiology   and   hygiene—  Penalty 

Physiology  and  hygiene  shall  be  taught 

Poll  tax  ................................................  •  • 

Population—  How  determined 

Powers  and  compensation  in  special  cases  ................. 

Powers  of  deputies—  Bonds  ............... 

Power  to  appoint  deputies  ....................................   «* 

Premium  on  bonds  ...........................................  ^          *f 

Principal  of.  District  High  School—  Duties  of  ..................    J/Z          /I 

Procedure  and  removal 

Property  exempt  from  taxation 

Property  exempt  from  taxation 

Property  subject  to  taxation 

Protection  of  birds,  their  nests  and  eggs 

Public  Kindergarten— 

Funds—  How  provided  ..................................  2001 

How  established  .......................  .  .................  1998 


. 
Law  not  changed  in  reference  to  apportionment  ..........  4JUU 

Powers  of  Trustees  to  establish  Kindergarten  ............  1998 


Shall  be  part  of  School  system  ...........................  1999 

Teachers  for   ...........................................  1999 

Public  money  ...............................................  "3* 

Publication  of  accounts  ......  .  .  .  ......................  ""'"4707        mi 

Public  officers  subject  to  garnishment  .........................  w»         wi 

Publisher  when  member  of  trust.  .  .  .  .........  .................  zuu/ 


INDEX  TO  SCHOOL  LAWS.  in 

Sec.  Page 

Purposes  for  which  taxes  are  levied 2401  80 

Qualifications  of  office  holders 2092  75 

Qualifications  of  voters 1140  17 

Qualifications   of   sureties 265  9 

Qualifications  of  sureties  for  state  officers 3364  99 

Rate  of  interest— When  not  effective 2021  56 

Reading  Circle  books — Who  shall  recommend 2019  56 

Reading  Circle  work 2021  56 

Receipts  to  be  attached  to  vouchers 251  7 

Records  as  evidence 1968  40 

Recovery  on  bonds .  . . . 2497  94 

Records  must  be  delivered  to  successor 1134  15 

Refunding  School  District  bonds — 

Balance— How   paid    2049  63 

Balance  in  hands  of  County  Treasurer 2049  63 

By  whom   signed 2042  61 

Coupons— Where  paid 2043  61 

Duty  County  Treasurer 2047  62 

Duty  of  School  Directors  as  •  to  redemption 2045  62 

Form  of  bond,  time  and  interest 2040  61 

Funds  realized  from  sale  of 2048  63 

Interest  on  refunding  bonds 2040  61 

Payment  for— How  pledged 2046  62 

Power  of  Board  to  issue  refunding  bonds 2039  60 

Property  in  District  pledged  for  payment 2046  62 

Redemption  of  bonds 2045  62 

Refunding  bonds — How  issued 2039  60 

Registration   of   bonds 2041  61 

Sale  of  refunding  bonds 2042  61 

Surplus — How  used 2050  63 

Tax  to  pay  interest  and  principal 2044  62 

Repeal  Sections  2341  and  2342 88 

Refusal  to  deliver  records  to  successor — Penalty .1968  40 

Removal  of  officers 1159  20 

Remuneration  of  truant  officer 1957  37 

Reports  filed  in  triplicate 262  8 

Reports  of  High  School  District  Trustees 2077  72 

Report  of  County  Superintendent 1303  25 

Reports  to  Governor— When  filed 261  8 

Resignation  of  elective  offices 2276  77 

Restriction  on  public  officers  and  contractors 280  11 

Rules  of  order— How  adopted 1937  33 

Salaries  of  state  officers 136  5 

Salaries  of  state  officers— When  paid 264  9 

Salaries— When  paid   , 1155  20 

Salaries  withheld— By  whom 1148  18 

Sale  of  collaterals 2496  93 

School  Board  may  establish  Manual  Training  Schools 1975  42 

School   bonds — How   invested 125  3 

School  census 1992  45 

School  District  bonds — 

Additional  bond  of  County  Treasurer. 2038  60 

Authority  to  issue  2028  58 

Bonds  .' 2030  58 

Bond  election    2029  58 

Bonds— Preparation  of 2035  60 

Bonds— Sale  of 2030  58 

County  Treasurer  shall  have  custody  of  funds 2037  60 


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School  District  bonds — (Continued).                                                  Sec.  Page 

Election  to  determine  issue  of 2028  38 

Funds— Who  shall  have  custody  of 2037  60 

Interest  on  bonds — How  paid 2034  59 

Issue  of  bonds 2029  58 

Payment  of  interest  on 2034  59 

Penalty  for  misapplication  of  funds  by  Trustees 2036  60 

Pledge  for  payment  of 2031  59 

Proceeds   for  sale  of  bonds 2030  58 

Redemption  of  bonds 2033  59 

Sale  of  bonds 2030  58 

Tax  levy  to  redeem  and  pay  interest 2032  59 

School  District  funds — How  transferred 1938  33 

School  District — How  affected  by  change  in  county  boundaries.  1972  41 
School  District — Organization  and  powers — 

Annual   election  of  Trustees 1930  30 

Appeal  from  County  Superintendent  on  formation  of  Dis- 
trict  1927  29 

Auditing  and  payment  of  claims 1949  35 

Board  may  remove  scholars : 1945  34 

Board  shall  advertise  for  bids 1946  34 

Bond  of  District  Treasurer 1952  35 

District  meetings    1935  31 

District  officers  1930  30 

Election  of  Trustees  where  number  increased  to  six 1931  31 

Electors— Powers  of  1935  31 

Employment  and  payment  of  teachers 1956  36 

Establishment  of  High   Schools 1953  36 

First  election  of  Trustees— Officers  of  District 1928  30 

Manner  conducting  annual   meeting 1939  35 

Meeting  may  adopt  rules  of  order 1937  33 

Members  of  Board  may  administer  oaths 1944  34 

Meeting  of  Board ." 1942  34 

Notice  of  District  meeting. 1950 

Notice  of  formation  of  new  Districts 1926 

Number  of  Schools  to  be  taught 1935  31 

Oath  of  Directors 1929  30 

Object  of  voting  money  to  be  designated 1935  31 

Powers  and  duties  of  Board ! 1943  34 

Powers  of  District  meeting 1935 

Qualifications  of  electors 1938 

Regular  meetings  of  Board  and  fiscal  year 1934  31 

Sale  of  School  House 1935 

School  District  to  be  body  corporate 1933 

School  District  seal 1932  31 

School   House— Site   of 1935 

Separate  School  for  colored  children 1954  36 

Settlement  with  Treasurer 1947 

Special  District  meeting 1950 

Transfer  of  School  funds 1946 

Treasurer  shall  report  to  District  meeting 1947 

Vacancies  in  Board— How  filled 1951 

Visiting  Committee   1948 

Schools— Free  to  all  children— When 1956 

School  funds — Distribution  by  County  Superintendent 1299 

School  fund  kept  by  State  Treasurer 1962  39 

School  lands— Board  of  Control 602 

Scholars  may  be  removed  by  Board 1945 

School  moneys — To  whom  paid 2405  82 


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Sec.  Page 

School  money — Liability  of  Treasurer  for 1973  42 

School  month  denned 1960  39 

School  officers — 

May  employ  counsel 1969  40 

Shall  not  be  agent  for  School  supplies— Penalty  for 1961  39 

School  supplies — School  officers  shall  not  be  agents  for 1961  39 

School  tax 2401  80 

School  week— Definition  of -. 1960  38 

Seal  of  School  District 1932  31 

Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Charities  and  Reform 443  14 

Secretary  of  State — Custodian  of  bonds 106  3 

Sex  discrimination  prohibited 1965  40 

Shall  not  teach  without  certificate 2020  56 

Sheriff— Truant  officer— When 1957  37 

Special  county  elections — By  whom  ordered 2110  76 

Special  certificates    2017  55 

State  Auditor  shall  give  bonds • . .  266  9 

State  Board  of  Charities  and  Reform 436  14 

State  Board  of  Deposits 2487  88 

State  Examiner  shall  receive  inventory  of  state  property 268  9 

State  office— Vacancy  in 2087  74 

State  officers — Biennial  report  filed  when 262  8 

Contingents  of 252  7 

Contingent  funds  of 251  7 

Deputies  of 269  10 

Elected  when — Elective  officers 2088  74 

Inventory  of  property 268  9 

Limitation  of  expense 249  6 

Reports  to  Governor 261  8 

Salaries  of 136  5 

Salary  only  compensation 263  9 

Salary  paid  monthly 264  9 

Shall  balance  accounts— When 260  8 

Shall  reside  at  capital 137  6 

Sureties  for  265  9 

State  Superintendent.     (See  Supt.  of  Public  Instruction). 

State  Superintendent  issues  certificates 2026  57 

State  Treasurer  shall  keep  school  funds 1962  39 

State  Treasurer — 

Shall  give  bonds : 266  9 

Receive  donations   for   schools 1973  41 

Land  funds  invested  by 125  3 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction — 

Appeal  from  County  Superintendent 1927  29 

Attorney  General  legal  adviser  of 145  6 

Disposition  of  donated  books,  etc 134  4 

Disposition  of  School  land   funds 135  5 

General    duties    of 133  4 

Report  to   Legislature 133  4 

Report   to   Governor 133  4 

Shall  file  report 133  4 

Shall  make  rules   and  regulations 133  4 

Supervisoin  of  School  District 133  4 

Superintendent  of  Schools.     (See  County  Supt.  of  Schools). 
Superintendent  of  Schools — County — 

Apportionment  of  County  School  fund 1299  23 

Bond  of   1296  22 

County   School   fund — How  apportioned 1299  23 


1 14  IND£X  TO  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Superintendent  of  Schools — County — (Continued).                         Sec.  Page 

County  Teachers'  Institute ...,, 1305  25 

1       District  boundaries — How  changed .1301  24 

Duties  of ..1298  22 

Failure  to  make  reports— Penalty 1303  25 

May  change  boundaries  of  District 1301  24 

May  appoint  deputies 1306  25 

Number  of  Districts — How    determined 1301  24 

Oath  and  bond 1296  22 

Prohibited  from  teaching ' 1296  22 

Reports  of 1298  22 

Report  of  enumeration  to  State  Superintendent 1996  47 

Salary  of   1297  22 

School   fund — How  apportioned 1299  23 

Shall  distribute  blanks 1298  22 

Shall  visit   Schools 1302  24 

Supervision  and  appellate  authority  of 1304  25 

Supplemental   apportionment    1300  24 

Teachers'  Institute— How  conducted 1305  25 

Superintendent — Appeal  from  on  formation  of  District. 1927  29 

Superintendent  of  state  institutions  shall  report — When 262  8 

Supplies— Agents  for 1961  39 

Sureties   for  official  bonds 282  11 

Sureties  for  state  officers 265  9 

Sureties  for  official  bonds — how  released 285 

Sureties — Qualifications  of   1 140  17 

Taxation  and  revenue — 

Assessed  valuation   of — Limit 84 

Bonded   debt    

City  or  town — Unlawful  to  fix  tax  levy 83 

County   Commissioners — Limit    84 

County  School  tax — Limit 86 

County  library  tax — Limit „ 86 

Detailed  illustration 84 

Excessive  levy  unlawful — Duty  of  Assessor 87 

Method  of  estimating 84 

Misdemeanor ,  88 

Taxation — Property  exempt   from .3582  100 

Tax   for   county   libraries 1316  26 

Tax  for  School  purposes ...  .  ..2401  80 

Tax  for  High  School  District— Collection  of 2065  68 

Tax— How  collected 2402  81 

Taxes— How  equalized 2403  81 

Tax  levy 2320  77 

Tax  levy— High  School  District 2065  68 

Taxes — Limitation   upon   amount 2320  77 

Tax  list 2343  80 

Taxes— Property  subject  to 2324 

Taxes — Property  exempt  from 2321 

Taxes— Purposes  of 2320 

Teachers — Employment  and  payment  of 1955  36 

Teachers   shall   register  certificates 2022  56 

Teachers'   Institute    1305  25 

Teachers— High  School  District— Employment  of 2072  71 

Teachers'  reports— Failure  to  make. 1967  40 

Teachers  report  to  Clerk 1967  40 

Text  Books.     (See  Free  Text  Books.) 

Time  of  qualifying  county  officers 1136  16 


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Sec.  Page 

Transportation   expenses    1139  17 

Treasurer's    bond— Condition    of 281  11 

Treasurer's  bond— Condition  of 284  12 

Treasurer's  bond — Who  may  be  sureties  for 282  11 

Treasurer's  bond — Premium  payable  on 283  12 

Treasurers — Liability  of  for  school  money 1974  42 

Treasurers   shall  give  bond 1952  35 

Treasurer  shall  make  report 1947  34 

Truant  officer— Duty  of '. .  . .  1957  37 

Truant  officer — Enumeration    1958  38 

Truancy— Penalty   for    ; 1958  39 

Trustees  of  High  School  District— No  compensation 2077  72 

Trustees — Election  of  when  increased  to  six 1931  31 

Trustees— First   election   of 1928  30 

Trustees   for  library— Bond  of 1318  26 

Trustees— How  elected  1939  33 

Trustees— When   elected    1930  30 

Trustees  may  employ  enumerator 1993  46 

Trustees— oath  of    1929  30 

Trustees — University   of  Wyoming •. 413  14 

Tuition  in  High  School  District 2075  72 

Tuition  not  charged  High  School  District  residents 2076  72 

University  of  Wyoming — Board  of  Trustees 413  14 

Vacancy— How  filled  1951  35 

Vacancy  in  elective  office — How  made 2277  77 

Vacancy  in  county  offices — How  filled 1 137  16 

Vacancy  in   official   position 1 161  21 

Vacancy  in  office — Who  determines  fact  of 2112  76 

Vacancy  in  state  office — How  filled 2987  74 

Vaccination — When  compulsory    2940  99 

Voting — Persons   disqualified    from 2275  77 

Voting — Qualifications   for    2092  75 

Voucher — Penalty   for   false   statement  on 250  7 

Vouchers — Receipts  to  be  attached. 251  7 

Warrants — For   whom    drawn 1 145  L8 

Warrants— Interest  on   3364  99 

When  salary  is  to  be  paid 1158  20 

Who  shall  issue  certificates 2026  57 

Woman    suffrage    2274  76 

Year— Fiscal    1934  31 


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